Conformal and projective symmetries in Newtonian cosmology
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2017-01-06 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
Definitions of non-relativistic conformal transformations are considered both in the Newton-Cartan and in the Kaluza-Klein-type Eisenhart/Bargmann geometrical frameworks. The symmetry groups that come into play are exemplified by the cosmological, and also the Newton-Hooke solutions of Newton's gravitational field equations. It is shown, in particular, that the maximal symmetry group of the standard cosmological model is isomorphic to the 13-dimensional conformal-Newton-Cartan group whose conformal-Bargmann extension is explicitly worked out. Attention is drawn to the appearance of independent space and time dilations, in contrast with the Schr{\"o}dinger group or the Conformal Galilei Algebra.
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@article{arxiv.1605.00231,
title = {Conformal and projective symmetries in Newtonian cosmology},
author = {C. Duval and G. W. Gibbons and P. A. Horváthy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1605.00231},
year = {2017}
}
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