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Correlation functions in Euclidean conformal field theories in four dimensions are expressed as representations of the conformal group $SL(2,\H)$, $\H$ being the field of quaternions, on the configuration space of points. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-06-30 Aritra Pal , Koushik Ray

For a representation of a connected compact Lie group G in a finite dimensional real vector space U and a subspace V of U, invariant under a maximal torus of G, we obtain a sufficient condition for V to meet all G-orbits in U, which is also…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2010-12-24 Jinpeng An , Dragomir Z. Djokovic

Conformal field theory finds applications across diverse fields, from statistical systems at criticality to quantum gravity through the AdS/CFT correspondence. These theories are subject to strong constraints, enabling a systematic…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2024-01-22 Julien Barrat

Rapid progress has been made recently on symmetry breaking operators for real reductive groups. Based on Program A-C for branching problems (T.Kobayashi [Progr.Math.2015]), we illustrate a scheme of the classification of (local and…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-09 Toshiyuki Kobayashi

The concept of global conformal invariance (GCI) opens the way of applying algebraic techniques, developed in the context of 2-dimensional chiral conformal field theory, to a higher (even) dimensional space-time. In particular, a system of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 B. Bakalov , N. M. Nikolov , K. -H. Rehren , I. Todorov

We investigate the structure of conformal $C$-spaces,a class of Riemmanian manifolds which naturally arises as aconformal generalisation of the Einstein condition. A basic question is when such a structure is closed, or equivalently locally…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2008-06-05 A. Rod Gover , Paul-Andi Nagy

We study conformal properties of local terms such as contact terms and semi-local terms in correlation functions of a conformal field theory. Not all of them are universal observables but they do appear in physically important correlation…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-10-28 Yu Nakayama

In this paper we revisit the concept of conformality in the sense of Gauss in the context of octonions and Clifford algebras. We extend a characterization of conformality in terms of a system of partial differential equations and…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2019-12-20 Rolf Soeren Krausshar

We continue the study of model-independent constraints on the unitary Conformal Field Theories in 4-Dimensions, initiated in arXiv:0807.0004. Our main result is an improved upper bound on the dimension \Delta of the leading scalar operator…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-03-13 Vyacheslav S. Rychkov , Alessandro Vichi

The conformal transformations with respect to the metric defining the orthogonal Lie algebra o(n) give rise to a one-parameter (c) family of inhomogeneous first-order differential operator representations of the orthogonal Lie algebra…

Representation Theory · Mathematics 2014-04-01 Xiaoping Xu

We consider two-dimensional chiral, first-order conformal field theories governing maps from the Riemann sphere to the projective light cone inside Minkowski space -- the natural setting for describing conformal field theories in two fewer…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-09-13 Tim Adamo , Ricardo Monteiro , Miguel F. Paulos

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…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2010-10-12 Arthur Bartels , Christopher L. Douglas , André G. Henriques

Pandres has developed a theory in which the geometrical structure of a real four-dimensional space-time is expressed by a real orthonormal tetrad, and the group of diffeomorphisms is replaced by a larger group called the conservation group.…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-08-25 Edward Lee Green

General Relativity receives quantum corrections relevant at cosmological distance scales from the conformal scalar degrees of freedom required by the trace anomaly of the quantum stress tensor in curved space. In the theory including the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-09-25 Emil Mottola

A family of quantum fields is said to be strongly local if it generates a local net of von Neumann algebras. There are few methods of showing directly strong locality of a quantum field. Among them, linear energy bounds are the most widely…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2023-05-05 Sebastiano Carpi , Yoh Tanimoto , Mihály Weiner

We present a classical conformal field theory on an arbitrary two-dimensional spacetime background. The dynamical object is a space-filling string, and the evolution may be thought as occurring on the manifold of the conformal group. The…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2016-01-12 Claudio Bunster , Alfredo Perez

In this diploma thesis vector field is constructed on $R \times S^3$. The free lagrangian on the curved space is invariant under conformal transformations of the dynamical field $A_m(x)$. The gauge fixing term is not conformally invariant,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Zurab Ratiani

The local conformal symmetry is spontaneously broken down to the Local Lorentz invariance symmetry through the approach of nonlinear realization. The resulting effective Lagrangian, in the unitary gauge, describes a cosmological vector…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2012-04-17 Lu-Xin Liu

Since 100 years or so, it has been usually accepted that the " conformal group " could be defined in an arbitrary dimension n as the group of transformations preserving a non degenerate flat metric up to a nonzero invertible point depending…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2021-12-08 J. -F. Pommaret

Conformal field theories (CFTs) with $U(m)\times U(n)$ global symmetry in $d=3$ dimensions have been studied for years due to their potential relevance to the chiral phase transition of quantum chromodynamics (QCD). In this work such CFTs…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-08-30 Stefanos R. Kousvos , Andreas Stergiou