Conformal Fluid Dynamics
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-11-05 v1
Abstract
We present a conformal theory of a dissipationless relativistic fluid in 2 space-time dimensions. The theory carries with it a representation of the algebra of 2- area-preserving diffeomorphisms in the target space of the complex scalar potentials. A complete canonical description is given, and the central charge of the current algebra is calculated. The passage to the quantum theory is discussed in some detail; as a result of operator ordering problems, full quantization at the level of the fields is as yet an open problem.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0501237,
title = {Conformal Fluid Dynamics},
author = {P. D. Jarvis and J. W. van Holten},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0501237},
year = {2009}
}
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17 pages, no figures