A Note on the Weyl Anomaly in the Holographic Renormalization Group
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چکیده
We give a prescription for calculating the holographic Weyl anomaly in arbitrary dimensions within the framework based on the Hamilton-Jacobi equation proposed by de Boer, Verlinde and Verlinde. A few sample calculations are made and shown to agree with the ones obtained so far. We further discuss how to take continuum limits, and argue that the holographic renormalization group may describe the renormalized trajectory in the parameter space. We also clarify the relationship of the present formalism to the analysis made by Henningson and Skenderis. ∗e-mail: [email protected] †e-mail: [email protected] ‡e-mail: [email protected]
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