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Conformal invariance versus Weyl invariance

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-03-18 v4

Abstract

The most general lagrangian describing spin 2 particles in flat spacetime and containing operators up to (mass) dimension 6 is carefully analyzed, determining the precise conditions for it to be invariant under linearized (transverse) diffeomorphisms, linearized Weyl rescalings, and conformal transformations.

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@article{arxiv.1903.05653,
  title  = {Conformal invariance versus Weyl invariance},
  author = {Enrique Alvarez and Jesus Anero and Raquel Santos-Garcia},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1903.05653},
  year   = {2020}
}

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24 pages

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