 Worldsheet Weyl anomaly (source code)

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= Worldsheet Weyl anomaly

= String conformal anomaly
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A <worldsheet Weyl anomaly> is the quantum failure of the gauge-fixed string path integral to remain invariant under a <Weyl transformation>. Its local coefficients are the <sigma-model beta functions>, while its constant part is controlled by the total <central charge>.

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