General solutions of the Wess-Zumino consistency condition for the Weyl anomalies
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In this article, the general solutions of the Wess-Zumino consistency condition for the Weyl anomalies are derived in a purely algebraic manner by explicitly computing the cohomology of the corresponding Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin differential in the space of integrated local functions at ghost number unity.Abstract:
The general solutions of the Wess-Zumino consistency condition for the Weyl anomalies are derived in a purely algebraic manner. The solutions are obtained, in arbitrary dimensions, by explicitly computing the cohomology of the corresponding Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyutin differential in the space of integrated local functions at ghost number unity.read more
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