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This tag is for anomalies in a symmetry, either in classical or quantum theories. DO NOT USE THIS TAG for anomalies in a measurement.

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Gauge anomaly in Polyakov string and Faddeev-Popov method

I am currently trying to gain a better understanding of the gauge fixing procedure used in chapter 5 of David Tong's notes. Since the central charge of the Polyakov action for, say, the bosonic strin …
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How does the Weyl anomaly imply $\langle T^{\mu}_{\mu} \rangle \neq 0$?

I want to consider the case of euclidean field theory in 2 dimensions with the action $$S[\phi]=\int \! d^2\!x \sqrt{\det(g)}g^{\mu\nu}\partial_\mu\phi\partial_\nu\phi$$ which leads to a partition f …
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