Holographic Weyl anomaly in string theory
Lorenz Eberhardt, Sridip Pal
SciPost Phys. 16, 027 (2024) · published 24 January 2024
- doi: 10.21468/SciPostPhys.16.1.027
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Abstract
We compute the worldsheet sphere partition function of string theory on global AdS$_3$ with pure NS-NS flux. Because of an unfixed Möbius symmetry on the worldsheet, there is a cancellation of infinities and only a part of the answer is unambiguous. We show that it precisely reproduces the holographic Weyl anomaly and the ambiguous terms correspond to the possible counterterms of the boundary CFT.
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See all Organizations.- 1 Lorenz Eberhardt,
- 1 2 Sridip Pal
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