Conformal Anomaly of String Theory in the Harmonic Gauge
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-28 v1
Abstract
Considering the conformal anomaly in an effective action, the critical dimension of string theory can be decided in the harmonic gauge, in which it had been reported before to be indefinite. In this gauge, there is no anomaly for the ghost number symmetry. This can be naturally understood in terms of Faddeev-Popov conjugation in the theory.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9512015,
title = {Conformal Anomaly of String Theory in the Harmonic Gauge},
author = {Tomohiko Takahashi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9512015},
year = {2009}
}
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13 pages + 4 uuencoded eps figures, LaTeX