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CFT in Conformally Flat Spacetimes
- Source :
- Phys. Rev. D 101, 125009 (2020)
- 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 {\em exactly} the same as the ones of flat spacetime. In this work, a new concept of distance is introduced, the {\em 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 non-minimal d'Alembert equation.<br />Comment: Minor changes and some clarifications added. Published version. 16 pages
- Subjects :
- High Energy Physics - Theory
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Details
- Database :
- arXiv
- Journal :
- Phys. Rev. D 101, 125009 (2020)
- Publication Type :
- Report
- Accession number :
- edsarx.2001.07957
- Document Type :
- Working Paper
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.125009