Conformal anomaly in spherical spacetimes

Journal Article · Sun Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1987 · Phys. Rev. D; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.36.3037· OSTI ID:5643757

Birmingham, D

A method for calculating the conformal anomaly in spherical spacetimes is presented. The cases of scalar and spinor fields on S/sup N/, S/sup N/ x S/sup M/, and S/sup N/ x S/sup M/ x S/sup P/ are considered where the total spacetime dimension is less than or equal to10. The conformal anomaly for vector fields on S/sup 4/ is also calculated.

• Research Organization: The Blackett Laboratory, Imperial College, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BZ, England
• OSTI ID: 5643757
• Journal Information: Phys. Rev. D; (United States), Journal Name: Phys. Rev. D; (United States) Vol. 36:10; ISSN PRVDA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
CASIMIR EFFECT
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
DIRAC EQUATION
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
EQUATIONS
FIELD THEORIES
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
MANY-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
MASSLESS PARTICLES
PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
SCALAR FIELDS
SPACE-TIME
SPINORS
VECTOR FIELDS
WAVE EQUATIONS