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How is the dimensionful renornalization scale $\mu$ related to break of scale invariance in String Theory?
In the $7.1.1$ of David Tong's String Theory notes it is said the following about regularization of Polyakov action in a curved target manifold:
$$\tag{7.3} S= \frac{1}{4\pi \alpha'} \int d^2\sigma \ ...