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We compute conformal anomalies for conformal field theories with free conformal scalars and massless spin $1/2$ fields in hyperbolic space $mathbb{H}^d$ and in the ball $mathbb{B}^d$, for $2leq dleq 7$. These spaces are related by a conformal transformation. In even dimensional spaces, the conformal anomalies on $mathbb{H}^{2n}$ and $mathbb{B}^{2n}$ are shown to be identical. In odd dimensional spaces, the conformal anomaly on $mathbb{B}^{2n+1}$ comes from a boundary contribution, which exactly coincides with that of $mathbb{H}^{2n+1}$ provided one identifies the UV short-distance cutoff on $mathbb{B}^{2n+1}$ with the inverse large distance IR cutoff on $mathbb{H}^{2n+1}$, just as prescribed by the conformal map. As an application, we determine, for the first time, the conformal anomaly coefficients multiplying the Euler characteristic of the boundary for scalars and half-spin fields with various boundary conditions in $d=5$ and $d=7$.
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We compute free energies as well as conformal anomalies associated with boundaries for a conformal free scalar field. To that matter, we introduce the family of spaces of the form $mathbb{S}^atimes mathbb{H}^b$, which are conformally related to $mathbb{S}^{a+b}$. For the case of $a=1$, related to the entanglement entropy across $mathbb{S}^{b-1}$, we provide some new explicit computations of entanglement entropies at weak coupling. We then compute the free energy for spaces $mathbb{S}^atimes mathbb{H}^b$ for different values of $a$ and $b$. For spaces $mathbb{S}^{2n+1}times mathbb{H}^{2k}$ we find an exact match with the free energy on $mathbb{S}^{2n+2k+1}$. For $mathbb{H}^{2k+1}$ and $mathbb{S}^{3}times mathbb{H}^{3}$ we find conformal anomalies originating from boundary terms. We also compute the free energy for strongly coupled theories through holography, obtaining similar results.
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