Weyl anomaly for Wilson surfaces

TL;DR

This paper calculates the conformal anomaly for Wilson surface observables in a free six-dimensional two-form gauge theory, providing insights into anomalies associated with higher-dimensional surface operators.

Contribution

It presents the first explicit calculation of the Weyl anomaly for Wilson surfaces in a six-dimensional free two-form theory.

Findings

Computed the conformal anomaly for Wilson surfaces in 6D

Identified the anomaly's dependence on surface geometry

Provided a framework for analyzing higher-dimensional surface anomalies

Abstract

We consider a free two-form in six dimensions and calculate the conformal anomaly associated with a Wilson surface observable.