Energy-momentum-tensor trace anomaly in spin-1/2 quantum electrodynamics

Stephen L. Adler; John C. Collins; Anthony Duncan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.15.1712

Energy-momentum-tensor trace anomaly in spin-1/2 quantum electrodynamics

Stephen L. Adler, John C. Collins, and Anthony Duncan

Phys. Rev. D 15, 1712 – Published 15 March 1977

Abstract

We relate the energy-momentum-tensor trace anomaly in spin-1/2 quantum electrodynamics to the functions $β (α)$ , $δ (α)$ defined through the Callan-Symanzik equations, and prove finiteness of $θ_{μ ν}$ when the anomaly is taken into account.

Received 10 June 1976

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.15.1712

Authors & Affiliations

Stephen L. Adler^*

The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87544

John C. Collins^†

Joseph Henry Laboratories, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

Anthony Duncan^*

The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey 08540

^*Research sponsored by the Energy Research and Development Administration under Grant No. E(11-1)-2220.
^†Research supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. MPS75-22514.

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