Published May 20, 1983 | Version v1
Journal article

Axial and conformal anomalies in supergravity

Creators

  • 1. P. N. Lebedev Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Moscow

Description

The axial (triangle) anomaly of antisymmetric tensors is shown to be nonzero. This result is used for a correct determination of the axial anomaly, which turns out to be equal to the conformal anomaly in supergravities with N = 1,...,8. At N> or =3, both anomalies disappear

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
37
Journal Issue
10
Series
JETP Lett. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
607-610
ISSN
0021-3640

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
15007291
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
AXIAL SYMMETRY; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; SUPERGRAVITY; TENSORS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; SYMMETRY; UNIFIED-FIELD THEORIES

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Pis'ma v Zhurnal Ehksperimental'noj i Teoreticheskoj Fiziki (USSR).