Cauchy Conformal Fields in Dimensions d> 2

Daniel Friedan, Christoph A. Keller

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Abstract

Holomorphic fields play an important role in 2d conformal field theory. We generalize them to d> 2 by introducing the notion of Cauchy conformal fields, which satisfy a first order differential equation such that they are determined everywhere once we know their value on a codimension 1 surface. We classify all the unitary Cauchy fields. By analyzing the mode expansion on the unit sphere, we show that all unitary Cauchy fields are free in the sense that their correlation functions factorize on the 2-point function. We also discuss the possibility of non-unitary Cauchy fields and classify them in d = 3 and 4.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)655-694
Number of pages40
JournalCommunications in Mathematical Physics
Volume348
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1 2016
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Mathematical Physics

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