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The Weyl-gauge ($A_0^a=0)$ QCD Hamiltonian is unitarily transformed to a representation in which it is expressed entirely in terms of gauge-invariant quark and gluon fields. In a subspace of gauge-invariant states we have constructed that…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2009-11-07 Kurt Haller , Hai-cang Ren

In this paper we explore the physical consequences of assuming Weyl invariance of the laws of gravity from the classical standpoint exclusively. Actual Weyl invariance requires to replace the underlying Riemannian geometrical structure of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2020-04-20 Israel Quiros

We consider the construction of gauge theories of gravity that are invariant under local conformal transformations. We first clarify the geometric nature of global conformal transformations, in both their infinitesimal and finite forms, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-01-10 Michael Hobson , Anthony Lasenby

In this paper we apply the symmetry principle in order to search for an alternative unified explanation of several cosmological puzzles such as the present stage of accelerated expansion of the Universe and the Hubble tension issue, among…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-01-13 Israel Quiros

General Relativity can be formulated in terms of a spatially Weyl invariant gauge theory called Shape Dynamics. Using this formulation, we establish a "bulk/bulk" duality between gravity and a Weyl invariant theory on spacelike Cauchy…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-01-23 Henrique Gomes , Sean Gryb , Tim Koslowski , Flavio Mercati

Consistency of Weyl natural gauge, Lorentz gauge and nonlinear gauge is studied in Weyl geometry. Field equations in generalized Weyl-Dirac theory show that spinless electron and photon are topological defects. Statistical metric and…

General Physics · Physics 2020-11-17 S. C. Tiwari

We study the theory of Weyl conformal gravity with matter degrees of freedom in a conformally invariant interaction. Specifically, we consider a triplet of scalar fields and SO(3) non-abelian gauge fields, i.e. the Georgi-Glashow model…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-08-07 A. Edery , Luca Fabbri , M. B. Paranjape

It is demonstrated that a Stueckelberg-type gauge theory, coupled to the scalar-tensor theory of gravity, is invariant under both gauge and Weyl transformations. Unlike the pure Stueckelberg theory, this coupled Lagrangian has a genuine…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-11-07 Aradhya Shukla , Kumar Abhinav , Prasanta K. Panigrahi

Scale-invariant actions in arbitrary dimensions are investigated in curved space to clarify the relation between scale-, Weyl- and conformal invariance on the classical level. The global Weyl-group is gauged. Then the class of actions is…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 A. Iorio , L. O'Raifeartaigh , I. Sachs , C. Wiesendanger

A massless Weyl-invariant dynamics of a scalar, a Dirac spinor, and electromagnetic fields is formulated in a Weyl space, $W_4$, allowing for conformal rescalings of the metric and of all fields with nontrivial Weyl weight together with the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-07-19 W. Drechsler , H. Tann

We extend our program, of coupling theories to scale in order to make their Weyl invariance manifest, to include interacting theories, fermions and supersymmetric theories. The results produce mass terms coinciding with the standard ones…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2014-11-20 Abrar Shaukat , Andrew Waldron

The unique off-shell fermionic gauge invariance of a vector-spinor field theory is found, and the invariant action is derived. The latter is Weyl invariant in any dimension in the massless limit, and it coincides with the singular point of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2026-04-22 Dario Sauro

We introduce a new Weyl-invariant and generally-covariant vector-tensor theory with higher derivatives. This theory can be induced by extending the mimetic construction to vector fields of conformal weight four. We demonstrate that in…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2019-04-03 Pavel Jiroušek , Alexander Vikman

We investigated the possibility of construction the homogeneous and isotropic cosmological solutions in Weyl geometry. We derived the self-consistency condition which ensures the conformal invariance of the complete set of equations of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-01 Victor A. Berezin , Vyacheslav I. Dokuchaev , Yury N. Eroshenko , Alexey L. Smirnov

We provide a gauge-invariant theory of gravitation in the context of Weyl Integrable Space-Times. After making a brief review of the theory's postulates, we carefully define the observers' proper-time and point out its relation with…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-10-31 F. P. Poulis , J. M. Salim

Lines generated by marginal deformations of WZW models are considered. The Weyl symmetry at the WZW point implies the existence of a duality symmetry on such lines. The duality is interpreted as a broken gauge symmetry in string theory. It…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 A. Giveon , E. Kiritsis

In this paper we discuss on recent attempts aimed at demonstrating that, contrary to well-known results, the second clock effect (SCE) does not take place in generalized Weyl spaces -- spaces with arbitrary nonmetricity -- denoted here as…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-04-25 Israel Quiros

We review recent developments in physical implications of Weyl conformal geometry. The associated Weyl quadratic gravity action is a gauge theory of the Weyl group of dilatations and Poincar\'e symmetry. Weyl conformal geometry is defined…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-06-05 D. M. Ghilencea

A system of gravity coupled to a 2-form gauge field, a dilaton and Yang-Mills fields in $2n$ dimensions arises from the (2,1) sigma model or string. The field equations imply that the curvature with torsion and Yang-Mills field strength are…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 M. Abou Zeid , C. M. Hull

The concept of gauge invariance in classical electrodynamics assumes tacitly that Maxwell's equations have unique solutions. By calculating the electromagnetic field of a moving particle both in Lorenz and in Coulomb gauge and directly from…

Classical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wolfgang Engelhardt