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CP-violating CFT and trace anomaly

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-03 v2

Abstract

It is logically possible that the trace anomaly in four dimension includes the Hirzebruch-Pontryagin density in CP violating theories. Although the term vanishes at free conformal fixed points, we realize such a possibility in the holographic renormalization group and show that it is indeed possible. The Hirzebruch-Pontryagin term in the trace anomaly may serve as a barometer to understand how much CP is violated in conformal field theories.

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@article{arxiv.1201.3428,
  title  = {CP-violating CFT and trace anomaly},
  author = {Yu Nakayama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1201.3428},
  year   = {2015}
}

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15 pages, v2: typos corrected, reference and comment added

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