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Title: Global beta-functions under zeta-function regularization
Speaker: Susama Agarwala
Speaker Info: Caltech
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The beta-function for a scalar field theory in flat space time has been represented as a geometric object by Connes and Marcolli. Can zeta-function regularization be used to globally define beta-functions as geometric objects over curved space-time? What implications does this have for conformal field theories?