Published April 16, 1979 | Version v1
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Conformal gravity as a gauge theory

Creators

  • 1. Department of Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520

Description

It is shown that the same two features that determine the structure of ordinary gravity and supergravity theories also determine the structure of conformal gravity. The relevant local gauge symmetry turns out to be the inhomogeneous Weyl group. The transformation laws of the fields follow from geometry. Some consequences of breaking the scale symmetry are briefly discussed

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Volume
42
Journal Issue
16
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1021-1024
ISSN
0031-9007

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
10485342
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
CONFORMAL GROUPS; COSMOLOGY; COUPLING CONSTANTS; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GRAVITATION; SPACE-TIME; SYMMETRY BREAKING; WEYL UNIFIED THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; LIE GROUPS; SYMMETRY GROUPS