Conformal anomaly of Wilson surface observables - A field theoretical computation

Journal of High Energy Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1859-1878

  Gustavsson, Andreas ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anomalies in Field and String Theories; Conformal and W Symmetry; Field Theories in Higher Dimensions; M Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 23044506563     PISSN: 10298479     EISSN: 10298479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1126-6708/2004/07/074     Document Type: Article

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