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We review the classical and quantum mechanics of Stueckelberg, and introduce the compensation fields necessary for the gauge covariance of the Stueckelberg- Schr\"odinger equation. To achieve this, one must introduce a fifth, Lorentz…

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We consider the problem of prescribing the Gaussian and the geodesic curvatures of a compact surface with boundary by a conformal deformation of the metric. We derive some existence results using a variational approach, either by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-01-29 Rafael López-Soriano , Andrea Malchiodi , David Ruiz

We introduce the natural lift of spacetime diffeomorphisms for conformal gravity and discuss the physical equivalence between the natural and gauge natural structure of the theory. Accordingly, we argue that conformal transformations must…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-22 M. Campigotto , L. Fatibene

Multiple scalar fields appear in vast modern particle physics and gravity models. When they couple to gravity non-minimally, conformal transformation is utilized to bring the theory into Einstein frame. However, the kinetic terms of scalar…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-09-22 Yong Tang , Yue-Liang Wu

Two-dimensional conformal field theory (CFT) can be defined through its correlation functions. These must satisfy certain consistency conditions which arise from the cutting of world sheets along circles or intervals. The construction of a…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2008-11-26 Ingo Runkel , Jens Fjelstad , Jurgen Fuchs , Christoph Schweigert

In this paper, we first give two fundamental principles under a technique to characterize conformal vector fields of $(\alpha,\beta)$ spaces to be homothetic and determine the local structure of those homothetic fields. Then we use the…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-08-30 Guojun Yang

The theory of Force-Free Electrodynamics (FFE) provides a robust framework for modeling the magnetospheres of compact objects, where the electromagnetic field's energy density dominates the surrounding plasma. Central to this theory is the…

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We initiate quantitative studies of complexity in (1+1)-dimensional conformal field theories with a view that they provide the simplest setting to find a gravity dual to complexity. Our work pursues a geometric understanding of complexity…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-01-28 Mario Flory , Michal P. Heller

The static electrogravitational equations are studied and it is shown that an aligned type D metric which has a Weyl-type relationship between the gravitational and electric potential has shearfree geodesic lines of force. All such fields…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-06-25 Brendan S. Guilfoyle

We analyze the construction of conformal theories of gravity in the realm of teleparallel theories. We first present a family of conformal theories which are quadratic in the torsion tensor and are constructed out of the tetrad field and of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-01-19 J. W. Maluf , F. F. Faria

Conformal isometry algebras of plane wave geometry are studied. Then, based on the requirement of conformal invariance, a definition of masslessness is introduced and gauge invariant equations of motion, subsidiary conditions, and…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-30 R. R. Metsaev

Totally symmetric arbitrary spin conformal fields propagating in the flat space of even dimension greater than or equal to four are studied. For such fields, we develop a general ordinary-derivative light-cone gauge formalism and obtain…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2022-09-29 R. R. Metsaev

It is shown that in the weak field approximation the new geometrical approach can lead to the linear field equations for the several independent fields. For the stronger fields and in the second order approximation the field equations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-09-18 G. I. Garas'ko

We describe a coordinate-free notion of conformal nets as a mathematical model of conformal field theory. We define defects between conformal nets and introduce composition of defects, thereby providing a notion of morphism between…

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In this paper, the geometric properties of the conformal metric are studied and its exact solution of the geodesic deviation equation is presented. We also find out the stress-energy tensor of this geometry and compare it with the usual…

General Physics · Physics 2022-04-06 B. T. T. Wong

In the traditional Kaluza-Klein theory, the cylinder condition and the constancy of the extra-dimensional radius (scalar field) imply that timelike geodesics on the 5-dimensional bundle project to solutions of the Lorentz force equation on…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-04-10 E. Minguzzi

In this paper, close surfaces are considered in 3-dimensional harmonic conformally flat space in point of the variation. It is shown that if the conformal vector field be tangent to surface and the sign of the mean curvature does not change…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2021-08-16 Najma mosadegh , Esmaiel Abedi

Higher dimensional Euclidean Liouville conformal field theories (LCFTs) consist of a log-correlated real scalar field with a background charge and an exponential potential. We analyse the LCFT on a four-dimensional manifold with a boundary.…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-07-26 Adwait Gaikwad , Amitay C. Kislev , Tom Levy , Yaron Oz

A discussion is given of the conformal Einstein field equations coupled with matter whose energy-momentum tensor is trace-free. These resulting equations are expressed in terms of a generic Weyl connection. The article shows how in the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-27 Christian Lübbe , Juan Antonio Valiente Kroon

We examine the correspondence between the conformal field theory of boundary operators and two-dimensional hyperbolic geometry. By consideration of domain boundaries in two-dimensional critical systems, and the invariance of the hyperbolic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-22 P. Kleban , I. Vassileva