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De Sitter and conformal field theories

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After a brief review of conformal gravity and conformal anomalies in field theories, this paper deals with elementary particles and quantum field theories in 3 + 2 de Sitter space and in conformal space. The importance of working in realistic space-time rather than Euclidean or spherical models, is demonstrated. The “parton-like” representations Di and Rac give rise to gauge theories of scalar and spinor fields, and a theory of interacting massless particles with all spins. This theory (in 4-dimensional de Sitter space) is constructed on the basis cf a conformally invariant field theory in 3-dimensional space-time. Conformally invariant field theories in 3 and 4 dimensional are reviewed and examined, and new proposals are made for the interpretation of massless field theories in general.

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    B. Binegar & C. Fronsdal

  2. Physique Mathématique, Faculté des Sciences Mirande, Université de Dijon, F-21000, Dijon, France

    M. Flato

  3. Departamento de Física, Universidad Simon Bolivar, Apt. Postal 80659, Caracas, Venezuela

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Binegar, B., Fronsdal, C., Flato, M. et al. De Sitter and conformal field theories. Czech J Phys 32, 439–471 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01596201

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