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CFT in conformally flat spacetimes.
- Source :
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Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation & Cosmology . 6/15/2020, Vol. 101 Issue 12, p1-1. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- A new class of conformal field theories is presented, where the background gravitational field is conformally flat. Conformally flat (CF) spacetimes enjoy conformal properties quite similar to the ones of flat spacetime. The conformal isometry group is of maximal rank and the conformal Killing vectors in conformally flat coordinates are exactly the same as the ones of flat spacetime. In this work, a new concept of distance is introduced, the conformal distance, which transforms covariantly under all conformal isometries of the CF space. It is shown that precisely for CF spacetimes, an adequate power of the said conformal distance is a solution of the nonminimal d'Alembert equation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *LAGRANGE equations
*CONFORMAL field theory
*GRAVITATIONAL fields
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24700010
- Volume :
- 101
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Physical Review D: Particles, Fields, Gravitation & Cosmology
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 144365983
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.125009