On a New Method for Computing Trace Anomalies

Abstract

I describe a new method for computing trace anomalies in quantum field theories which makes use of path-integrals for particles moving in curved spaces. After presenting the main ideas of the method, I discuss how it is connected to the first quantized approach of particle theory and to heat kernel techniques. (Talk given at Journees Relativistes '93).

4 pages, LaTeX, USITP-93-17

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• String-Based Perturbative Methods for Gauge Theories
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