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Conformal Anomaly of String Theory in the Harmonic Gauge

Author(s) -

T. Takahashi

Publication year - 1996

Publication title -

progress of theoretical physics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1347-4081

pISSN - 0033-068X

DOI - 10.1143/ptp.95.995

Subject(s) - physics , conformal anomaly , gauge anomaly , anomaly (physics) , theoretical physics , string (physics) , gauge theory , string field theory , brst quantization , gauge symmetry , mixed anomaly , supersymmetric gauge theory , mathematical physics , bosonic string theory , quantum electrodynamics , conformal symmetry , quantum mechanics , conformal map , relationship between string theory and quantum field theory , quantum gravity , quantum , mathematics , geometry

Considering the conformal anomaly in an effective action, the criticaldimension of string theory can be decided in the harmonic gauge, in which ithad been reported before to be indefinite. In this gauge, there is no anomalyfor the ghost number symmetry. This can be naturally understood in terms ofFaddeev-Popov conjugation in the theory.Comment: 13 pages + 4 uuencoded eps figures, LaTe

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