What Maxwell Theory in D<>4 teaches us about scale and conformal invariance

Details What Maxwell Theory in D<>4 teaches us about scale and conformal invariance What Maxwell Theory in D<>4 teaches us about scale and conformal invariance

2011-01-27

arxiv.org/abs/1101.5385v2

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

20 pages; v2: minor corrections, refs added

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The free Maxwell theory in D<>4 dimensions provides a physical example of a unitary, scale invariant theory which is NOT conformally invariant. The easiest way to see this is that the field strength operator F_mn is neither a primary nor a descendant. We show how conformal multiplets can be completed, and conformality restored, by adding new local operators to the theory. In D>=5, this can only be done by sacrificing unitarity of the extended Hilbert space. We analyze the full symmetry structure of the extended theory, which turns out to be related to the OSp(D,2|2) superalgebra.

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