Renormalization Ambiguities and Conformal Anomaly in Metric-Scalar Backgrounds
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We analyze the problem of the existing ambiguities in the conformal anomaly in theories with external scalar field in curved backgrounds. In particular, we consider the anomaly of self-interacting massive scalar field theory and of Yukawa model in the massless conformal limit. In all cases the ambiguities are related to finite renormalizations of a local non-minimal terms in the effective action. We point out the generic nature of this phenomenon and provide a general method to identify the theories where such an ambiguity can arise. PACS: 04.62.+v 11.10.Hi 11.10.Jj
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تاریخ انتشار 2006