The logarithm construction and (super) Weyl anomalies

Abstract

We apply the logarithm construction of higher-derivative conformal primary (super) fields proposed by Butter et al. to derive simple Wess-Zumino actions for: (i) Weyl anomalies in arbitrary even dimensions; (ii) $\mathcal{N} =1$ and $\mathcal{N}=2$ super-Weyl anomalies in four dimensions; and (iii) $(p,q)$ super-Weyl anomalies in two dimensions, with $p,q \leq 2$.