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We compute corrections to the Einstein field equations which are induced by the anomalous effective actions associated to the type A conformal anomaly, both for the (non-local) Riegert action, as well as for the local action with dilaton. In all cases considered we find that these corrections can be very large.
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Godazgar, H., Meissner, K.A. & Nicolai, H. Conformal anomalies and the Einstein field equations. J. High Energ. Phys. 2017, 165 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2017)165
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