The conformal anomaly and anomaly-induced action
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This chapter describes in detail basic results concerning the conformal (trace) anomaly and anomaly-induced action in four spacetime dimensions. It is shown how the anomaly appears from the non-local form factors discussed in chapter 16. Starting from the conformal transformations, the necessary invariants and transformation rules are obtained. The simplest derivation of the anomaly in dimensional regularization is explained, followed by the equally simple calculation of the anomaly-induced effective action of gravity. The chapter also briefly discusses applications of the induced effective action in cosmology and black hole physics.
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1994 ◽
Vol 11
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pp. L7-L9
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2018 ◽
Vol 15
(11)
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pp. 1850188
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