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The QCD Trace Anomaly as a Vacuum Effect (The vacuum is a medium is the message!)

High Energy Physics - Theory 2015-06-26 v1

Abstract

We use arguments taken from the electrodynamics of media to deduce the QCD trace anomaly from the expression for the vacuum energy in the presence of an external color magnetic field.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9407139,
  title  = {The QCD Trace Anomaly as a Vacuum Effect (The vacuum is a medium is the message!)},
  author = {J. Grundberg and T. H. Hansson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9407139},
  year   = {2015}
}

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18 pages, USITP 94-11