Note on anomalies in the AdS-CFT correspondence

Abstract

We test the AdS-CFT correspondence in the case of a (Formula presented) (Formula presented) superconformal field theory by comparing chiral anomalies which are of order N in the ’t Hooft large N limit. These include corrections of order (Formula presented) to the conformal anomaly, thus testing the correspondence beyond the extreme large N limit. The field theory anomalies are reproduced by terms in the 7-brane effective action in the bulk. © 1999 The American Physical Society.