Trace anomaly of the stress-energy tensor for massless vector particles propagating in a general background metric

Journal Article · Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1978 · Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-4916(78)90206-3· OSTI ID:6534125

Adler, S L; Lieberman, J

We reanalyze the problem of regularization of the stress-energy tensor for massless vector particles propating in a general background metric, using covariant point separation techniques applied to the Hadamard elementary solution. We correct an error, point out by Wald, in the earlier formulation of Adler, Lieberman, and Ng, and find a stress-energy tensor trace anomaly agreeing with that found by other regularization methods.

• Research Organization: The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
• OSTI ID: 6534125
• Journal Information: Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States), Journal Name: Ann. Phys. (N.Y.); (United States) Vol. 113:2; ISSN APNYA
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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72 PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS
BOSONS
BOUNDARY CONDITIONS
CONFORMAL INVARIANCE
ELEMENTARY PARTICLES
FIELD THEORIES
GAUGE INVARIANCE
HADRONS
INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES
MASSLESS PARTICLES
MESON RESONANCES
MESONS
METRICS
PROPAGATOR
QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
RESONANCE PARTICLES
TENSORS
VECTOR FIELDS
VECTOR MESONS