Conformal invariance and electrodynamics: applications and general formalism

DOI10.1006/APHY.1997.5708MaRDI QIDQ1290427zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors C. Codirla, H. Osborn

Publication date 11 November 1999

Published in Annals of Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9701064

zbMATH Keywords

conformal invarianceelectrodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Motion of charged particles (78A35) Applications of global analysis to the sciences (58Z05)

Abstract: The role of the conformal group in electrodynamics in four space-time dimensions is re-examined. As a pedagogic example we use the application of conformal transformations to find the electromagnetic field for a charged particle moving with a constant relativistic acceleration from the Coulomb electric field for the particle at rest. We also re-consider the reformulation of Maxwell's equations on the projective cone, which is isomorphic to a conformal compactification on Minkowski space, so that conformal transformations, belonging to the group O(4,2), are realised linearly. The resulting equations are different from those postulated previously and respect additional gauge invariances which play an essential role in ensuring consistency with conventional electrodynamics on Minkowski space. The solution on the projective cone corresponding to a constantly accelerating charged particle is discussed.

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