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A diffeomorphism anomaly in every dimension

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

Field-theoretic pure gravitational anomalies only exist in 4k+24k+2 dimensions. However, canonical quantization of non-field-theoretic systems may give rise to diffeomorphism anomalies in any number of dimensions. I present a simple example, where a higher-dimensional generalization of the Virasoro algebra arises upon quantization.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0404033,
  title  = {A diffeomorphism anomaly in every dimension},
  author = {T. A. Larsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0404033},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Described Hamiltonian commuting with anomalous diffeomorphism algebra