RG flows in \(d\) dimensions, the dilaton effective action, and the \(a\)-theorem

DOI10.1007/JHEP03(2013)034zbMath1342.81526arXiv1209.3424OpenAlexW2023181385WikidataQ60303706 ScholiaQ60303706MaRDI QIDQ302882

Timothy M. Olson, Henriette Elvang

Publication date: 12 August 2016

Published in: Journal of High Energy Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1209.3424

zbMATH Keywords

renormalization groupfield theories in higher dimensionsanomalies in field and string theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

String and superstring theories; other extended objects (e.g., branes) in quantum field theory (81T30) Anomalies in quantum field theory (81T50)

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