Conformal invariance and conserved quantities of Birkhoff systems under second-class Mei symmetry

This paper proposes a new concept of the conformal invariance and the conserved quantities for Birkhoff systems under second-class Mei symmetry.The definition about conformal invariance of Birkhoff systems under second-class Mei symmetry is given.The conformal factor in the determining equations is found.The relationship between Birkhoff system’s conformal invariance and second-class Mei symmetry are discussed.The necessary and sufficient conditions of conformal invariance,which are simultaneously of second-class symmetry,are given.And Birkhoff system’s conformal invariance may lead to corresponding Mei conserved quantities,which is deduced directly from the second-class Mei symmetry when the conformal invariance satisfies some conditions.Lastly,an example is provided to illustrate the application of the result.     

Galilean conformal and superconformal symmetries

Firstly we discuss briefly three different algebras named as nonrelativistic (NR) conformal: Schr?dinger, Galilean conformal, and infinite algebra of local NR conformal isometries. Further we shall consider in some detail Galilean conformal algebra (GCA) obtained in the limit c???? from relativistic conformal algebraO(d+1, 2) (d-number of space dimensions). Two different contraction limits providing GCA and some recently considered realizations will be briefly discussed. Finally by considering NR contraction of D = 4 superconformal algebra the Galilei conformal superalgebra (GCSA) is obtained, in the formulation using complexWeyl supercharges.     

Conformal anomaly in 4D gravity-matter theories non-minimally coupled with a dilaton

The conformal anomaly for 4D gravity-matter theories, which are non-minimally coupled with the dilaton, is systematically studied. Special care is taken of rescaling of fields, treatment of total derivatives, hermiticity of the system operator and the choice of measure. Scalar, spinor and vector fields are taken as the matter quantum fields and their explicit conformal anomalies in the gravity-dilaton background are found. The cohomology analysis is carried out and some new conformal invariants and trivial terms, involving the dilaton, are obtained. The symmetry of the constant shift of the dilaton field plays an important role. The general structure of the conformal anomaly is examined. It is shown that the dilaton affects the conformal anomaly characteristically for each case: (1) [Scalar] The dilaton changes the conformal anomaly only by a new conformal invariant, I₄; (2) [Spinor] The dilaton does not change the conformal anomaly; (3) [Vector] The dilaton changes the conformal anomaly by three new (generalized) conformal invariants, I₄, I₂, I₁. We present some new anomaly formulae which are useful for practical calculations. Finally, the anomaly induced action is calculated for the dilatonic Wess-Zumino model. We point out that the coefficient of the total derivative term in the conformal anomaly for the 2D scalar coupled to a dilaton is ambiguous. This resolves the disagreement between earlier calculations and the result of Hawking and Bousso.     

Proper Conformal Killing Vectors in Kantowski-Sachs Metric

This paper deals with the existence of proper conformal Killing vectors(CKVs) in Kantowski-Sachs metric.Subject to some integrability conditions, the general form of vector filed generating CKVs and the conformal factor is presented. The integrability conditions are solved generally as well as in some particular cases to show that the nonconformally flat Kantowski-Sachs metric admits two proper CKVs, while it admits a 15-dimensional Lie algebra of CKVs in the case when it becomes conformally flat. The inheriting conformal Killing vectors(ICKVs), which map fluid lines conformally, are also investigated.     

Conformal invariance and conserved quantities of Appell systems under second-class Mei symmetry

In this paper we introduce the new concept of the conformal invariance and the conserved quantities for Appell systems under second-class Mei symmetry. The one-parameter infinitesimal transformation group and infinitesimal transformation vector of generator are described in detail. The conformal factor in the determining equations under second-class Mei symmetry is found. The relationship between Appell system’s conformal invariance and Mei symmetry are discussed. And Appell system’s conformal invariance under second-class Mei symmetry may lead to corresponding Hojman conserved quantities when the conformal invariance satisfies some conditions. Lastly, an example is provided to illustrate the application of the result.     

Conformal invariance and Hojman conserved quantities for holonomic systems with quasi-coordinates

We propose a new concept of the conformal invariance and the conserved quantities for holonomic systems with quasi-coordinates. A one-parameter infinitesimal transformation group and its infinitesimal transformation vector of generators for holonomic systems with quasi-coordinates are described in detail. The conformal factor in the determining equations of the Lie symmetry is found. The necessary and sufficient conditions of conformal invariance, which are simultaneously of Lie symmetry, are given. The conformal invariance may lead to corresponding Hojman conserved quantities when the conformal invariance satisfies some conditions. Finally, an illustration example is introduced to demonstrate the application of the result.     

Conformal Vector Fields and Conformal–Type Collineations in Space-Times

Some restrictions on the existence of homothetic and conformal vector fields in space-times which already admit some Killing symmetry are established. In particular, the behaviour of Weyl invariants and the nature of the Petrov type of the Weyl tensor along the integral curves of conformal vector fields are studied. This results in important restrictions between conformal vector fields and Killing orbits. A brief remark is made on Weyl collineations.     

Conformally and Projective Covariant Differential Operators

Motivated by the structure of conformal anomalies in two-dimensional gravity and its generalizations, the projective and conformal covariance properties of linear, bilinear and trilinear differential operators are investigated in some detail and the triviality of the covariant trilinear operators is demonstrated.     

Spectrum generating algebras in Kaluza-Klein theories

We describe the action of the euclidean conformal group on spheres. Using the example of S⁷ compactification of the eleven-dimensional supergravity we show how the full spectrum provides unitary representations of SO(8,1). Our methods can be applied to compactification on spheres, products of spheres or any other manifold on which there is an action of a conformal group. We also make some conjectures concerning the relationship between the conformal group and supersymmetry.     

Off-shell BRS-invariant construction of N = 1, D = 4 conformal supergravity

A geometrical construction is displayed of the BRS structure of the N = 1, D = 4 conformal supergravity theory. The requirement of a nilpotent differential structure determines directly the closure of the conformal supergravity transformation laws. All existing geometrical constraints between field strengths are systematically worked out from the requirement of Bianchi identities. As a by-product of the technics involved, some new features of conformal gravity are revealed.     

New method of applying conformal group to quantum fields

Most of previous work on applying the conformal group to quantum fields has emphasized its invariant aspects, whereas in this paper we find that the conformal group can give us running quantum fields, with some constants, vertex and Green functions running, compatible with the scaling properties of renormalization group method(RGM). We start with the renormalization group equation(RGE), in which the differential operator happens to be a generator of the conformal group, named dilatation operator. In addition we link the operator/spatial representation and unitary/spinor representation of the conformal group by inquiring a conformal-invariant interaction vertex mimicking the similar process of Lorentz transformation applied to Dirac equation. By this kind of application,we find out that quite a few interaction vertices are separately invariant under certain transformations(generators) of the conformal group. The significance of these transformations and vertices is explained. Using a particular generator of the conformal group, we suggest a new equation analogous to RGE which may lead a system to evolve from asymptotic regime to nonperturbative regime, in contrast to the effect of the conventional RGE from nonperturbative regime to asymptotic regime.     

Classical and quantum conformal field theory

We define chiral vertex operators and duality matrices and review the fundamental identities they satisfy. In order to understand the meaning of these equations, and therefore of conformal field theory, we define the classical limit of a conformal field theory as a limit in which the conformal weights of all primary fields vanish. The classical limit of the equations for the duality matrices in rational field theory together with some results of category theory, suggest that (quantum) conformal field theory should be regarded as a generalization of group theory.On leave of absence from the Department of Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel     

On new conformal field theories with affine fusion rules

Some time ago, conformal data with affine fusion rules were found. Our purpose here is to realize some of these conformal data, using systems of free bosons and parafermions. The so constructed theories have extended W algebras which are close analogues of affine algebras. Exact character formulae are given, and the realizations are shown to be full-fledged unitary conformal field theories.     

Revisiting Cardassian model and cosmic constraint

Boundary conformal field theory (BCFT) is the study of conformal field theory (CFT) in semi-infinite space-time. In the non-relativistic limit (x???x,t??t,???0), the boundary conformal algebra changes to boundary Galilean conformal algebra (BGCA). In this work, some aspects of AdS/BCFT in the non-relativistic limit were explored. We constrain correlation functions of Galilean conformal invariant fields with BGCA generators. For a situation with a boundary condition at surface x=0 ( $z=\overline{z}$ ), our result agrees with the non-relativistic limit of the BCFT two-point function. We also introduce the holographic dual of boundary Galilean conformal field theory.     

Hidden conformal symmetry and pair production near the cosmological horizon in Kerr-Newman-Taub-NUT-de Sitter spacetime

We show that the study of the hidden conformal symmetry that is associated with the Kerr/CFT correspondence can also apply to the cosmological horizon in the Kerr-Newman-Taub-NUT-de Sitter spacetime. This symmetry allows employing some two dimensional conformal field theory methods to understand the properties of the cosmological horizon. The entropy can be understood by using the Cardy formula, and the equation for the scattering process in the near region is in agreement with that obtained from a two point function in the two-dimensional conformal field theory. We also show that pair production can occur near the cosmological horizon in Kerr-Newman-Taub-NUT-de Sitter for near extremal conditions.     

Making the Case for Conformal Gravity

We review some recent developments in the conformal gravity theory that has been advanced as a candidate alternative to standard Einstein gravity. As a quantum theory the conformal theory is both renormalizable and unitary, with unitarity being obtained because the theory is a PT symmetric rather than a Hermitian theory. We show that in the theory there can be no a priori classical curvature, with all curvature having to result from quantization. In the conformal theory gravity requires no independent quantization of its own, with it being quantized solely by virtue of its being coupled to a quantized matter source. Moreover, because it is this very coupling that fixes the strength of the gravitational field commutators, the gravity sector zero-point energy density and pressure fluctuations are then able to identically cancel the zero-point fluctuations associated with the matter sector. In addition, we show that when the conformal symmetry is spontaneously broken, the zero-point structure automatically readjusts so as to identically cancel the cosmological constant term that dynamical mass generation induces. We show that the macroscopic classical theory that results from the quantum conformal theory incorporates global physics effects that provide for a detailed accounting of a comprehensive set of 138 galactic rotation curves with no adjustable parameters other than the galactic mass to light ratios, and with the need for no dark matter whatsoever. With these global effects eliminating the need for dark matter, we see that invoking dark matter in galaxies could potentially be nothing more than an attempt to describe global physics effects in purely local galactic terms. Finally, we review some recent work by ’t Hooft in which a connection between conformal gravity and Einstein gravity has been found.     

The verification of Killing tensor components for metrics in general relativity using the computer algebra system SHEEP

We report on a program, written in the computer algebra system SHEEP, for verifying the components of Killing tensors and conformal Killing tensors. We give some examples, including the components of the Killing tensor admitted by the Kerr metric. We also note that the explicit form of all conformal Killing tensors for a subclass of the Petrov typeD solutions is known.     

Structure of conformal supergravities in two dimensions

We examine constraints on curvatures inN=1 andN=2 conformal supergravities in two dimensions. We show that all curvatures should vanish in order that, the whole conformal supergravity algebra closes on all gauge fields. On the other hand we find some closed sub-algebra of the conformal supergravity one.     

Conformal invariant cosmological perturbations via the covariant approach:multicomponent universe

In recent years there has been a lot of interest in discussing frame dependences/independences of the cosmological perturbations under the conformal transformations. This problem has previously been investigated in terms of the covariant approach for a single component universe, and it was found that the covariant approach is very powerful to pick out the perturbative variables which are both gauge and conformal invariant. In this work, we extend the covariant approach to a universe with multicomponent fluids. We find that similar results can be derived,as expected. In addition, some other interesting perturbations are also identified to be conformal invariant, such as entropy perturbation between two different components.     

Conformal Klein-Gordon Equations and Quasinormal Modes

Using conformal coordinates associated with conformal relativity—associated with de Sitter spacetime homeomorphic projection into Minkowski spacetime—we obtain a conformal Klein-Gordon partial differential equation, which is intimately related to the production of quasi-normal modes (QNMs) oscillations, in the context of electromagnetic and/or gravitational perturbations around, e.g., black holes. While QNMs arise as the solution of a wave-like equation with a Pöschl-Teller potential, here we deduce and analytically solve a conformal ‘radial’ d’Alembert-like equation, from which we derive QNMs formal solutions, in a proposed alternative to more completely describe QNMs. As a by-product we show that this ‘radial’ equation can be identified with a Schrödinger-like equation in which the potential is exactly the second Pöschl-Teller potential, and it can shed some new light on the investigations concerning QNMs.