The coupling of the Higgs field through the Ricci tensor, put forward by Balakrishna and Wali, is derived using a conformal rescaling of the metric. Earlier results on "Bogomolny-type" equations in curved space, by Comtet, and others, are recovered. The procedure can be generalized to any static background metric.
We revisit the invariance of the curved spacetime Maxwell equations under conformal transformations. Contrary to standard literature, we include the discussion of the four-current, the wave equations for the four-potential and the field, and the behaviour of gauge conditions under the conformal transformation.
The problem of constructing gauge-invariant actions for conformal higher-spin fields in curved backgrounds is known to be notoriously difficult. In this paper we present gauge-invariant models for conformal maximal depth fields with spin $s=5/2$ and $s=3$ in four-dimensional Bach-flat backgrounds. We find that certain lower-spin fields must be introduced to ensure gauge invariance when $s>2$, which is analogous to a conjecture made earlier in the literature for conformal higher-spin fields of minimal depth.
We study conformal field theories (CFTs) on curved spaces including both orientable and unorientable manifolds possibly with boundaries. We first review conformal transformations on curved manifolds. We then compute the identity components of conformal groups acting on various metric spaces using a simple fact; given local coordinate systems be single-valued. Boundary conditions thus obtained which must be satisfied by conformal Killing vectors (CKVs) correctly reproduce known conformal groups. As a byproduct, on $\mathbb S^1_l\times\mathbb H^2_r$, by setting their radii $l=Nr$ with $N\in\math…
Stress-energy correlation functions in a general Conformal Field Theory (CFT) in four dimensions are described in a fully covariant approach, as metric variations of the quantum effective action in an arbitrary curved space background field. All Conservation, Trace and Conformal Ward Identities (CWIs), including contact terms, are completely fixed in this covariant approach. The Trace and CWIs are anomalous. Their anomalous contributions may be computed unambiguously by metric variation of the exact 1PI quantum effective action determined by the conformal anomaly of $\left\langle T^{μν}\right\…
We study non-relativistic conformal field theory on a flat space in the presence of a planar boundary. We compute correlation functions of primary operators and obtain the expression for the boundary conformal block. We also discuss the non-relativistic conformal field theory on a general curved background in the presence of a boundary. As an example, we discuss the spectrum of boundary primary operator and compute scaling dimensions in a fermionic theory near one and three spatial dimensions.
This thesis is devoted to the construction of theories describing the consistent propagation of (super)conformal higher-spin fields on curved three- and four-dimensional (super)spaces. In the first half of this thesis we systematically derive models for conformal fields of arbitrary rank on various types of curved spacetimes. On generic conformally-flat backgrounds in three $(3d)$ and four $(4d)$ dimensions, we obtain closed-form expressions for the actions which are manifestly gauge and Weyl invariant. Similar results are provided for generalised conformal fields, which have higher-depth gaug…
Conformal Anomaly for Dilaton Coupled Theories from AdS/CFT Correspondence
利用AdS/CFT对应，从超重力的角度，发现了在非零的弯曲背景下，作为红外效应的耦合共形理论的迹线异常。对于$d=2$，它与膨胀子耦合标量的共形异常（直到已知不明确的总导数项）相一致。在四维情形下，我们得到了${\cal N}=4$ super YM理论与共形超引力相互作用的共形反常。同样地，在更高的维度中，与声子相关的共形反常的计算似乎比使用标准QFT方法容易得多。
We consider averaged null energy conditions (ANEC) for strongly coupled quantum field theories in even (two and four) dimensional curved spacetimes by applying the no-bulk-shortcut principle in the context of the AdS/CFT duality. In the same context but in odd-dimensions, the present authors previously derived a conformally invariant averaged null energy condition (CANEC), which is a version of the ANEC with a certain weight function for conformal invariance. In even-dimensions, however, one has to deal with gravitational conformal anomalies, which make relevant formulas much more complicated …
General $\mathcal{N}=(1,0)$ supergravity-matter systems in six dimensions may be described using one of the two fully fledged superspace formulations for conformal supergravity: (i) $\mathsf{SU}(2)$ superspace; and (ii) conformal superspace. With motivation to develop rigid supersymmetric field theories in curved space, this paper is devoted to the study of the geometric symmetries of supergravity backgrounds. In particular, we introduce the notion of a conformal Killing spinor superfield $ε^α$, which proves to generate extended superconformal transformations. Among its cousins are the conform…
