Gauge-Covariant Conformal Transformations
- 11 December 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 41 (24) , 1635-1638
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.41.1635
Abstract
The action of conformal transformations on gauge potentials can be defined in a gauge-covariant fashion. This unconventional procedure is used in several branches of theoretical physics, with the consequence that gauge potentials do not transform according to a representation of the conformal group; rather, they provide a representation for the "group of paths" of the conformal group. The nonintegrable phase factor is central to the construction.Keywords
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