The dilaton Wess-Zumino action in higher dimensions
Florent Baume, Boaz Keren-Zur
TL;DR
This paper derives a general formula for the Wess-Zumino action related to Weyl anomalies in any even-dimensional curved space, using dimensional regularization techniques.
Contribution
It provides a unified expression for the Wess-Zumino action in higher even dimensions, extending previous lower-dimensional results.
Findings
Derived a general formula for the Wess-Zumino action in higher dimensions
Connected the Wess-Zumino action with Weyl anomalies in curved backgrounds
Utilized dimensional regularization to obtain the result
Abstract
We present a general formula for the Wess-Zumino action associated with the Weyl anomaly, given in a curved background for any even number of dimensions. The result is obtained by considering a finite Weyl transformation of counterterms in dimensional regularization.
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