We have recently studied a simplified version of the path integral for a particle on a sphere, and more generally on maximally symmetric spaces, and proved that Riemann normal coordinates allow the use of a quadratic kinetic term in the particle action. The emerging linear sigma model contains a scalar effective potential that reproduces the effects of the curvature. We present here further details of the construction, and extend its perturbative evaluation to orders high enough to read off the type-A trace anomalies of a conformal scalar in dimensions d= 14 and d= 16.

Bastianelli, F., Corradini, O. (2017). On the simplified path integral on spheres. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 77(11), 1-12 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5307-6].

On the simplified path integral on spheres

Bastianelli, Fiorenzo;
2017

Abstract

We have recently studied a simplified version of the path integral for a particle on a sphere, and more generally on maximally symmetric spaces, and proved that Riemann normal coordinates allow the use of a quadratic kinetic term in the particle action. The emerging linear sigma model contains a scalar effective potential that reproduces the effects of the curvature. We present here further details of the construction, and extend its perturbative evaluation to orders high enough to read off the type-A trace anomalies of a conformal scalar in dimensions d= 14 and d= 16.
2017
Bastianelli, F., Corradini, O. (2017). On the simplified path integral on spheres. THE EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL. C, PARTICLES AND FIELDS, 77(11), 1-12 [10.1140/epjc/s10052-017-5307-6].
Bastianelli, Fiorenzo; Corradini, Olindo
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