Weyl symmetry and the Liouville theory

2005/11/04 by R. Jackiw · 2 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Algebraic and Geometric Analysis #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #hep-th #math-ph #math.MP

paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11232-006-0090-9

published as Theor.Math.Phys.148:941-947,2006; Teor.Mat.Fiz.148:80-88,2006 · 8 pages, no figures

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Abstract

Flat-space conformal invariance and curved-space Weyl invariance are simply related in dimensions greater than two. In two dimensions the Liouville theory presents an exceptional situation, which we here examine.

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