What Maxwell theory in \(d\neq 4\) teaches us about scale and conformal invariance?

DOI10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2011.03.008zbMath1215.78006arXiv1101.5385MaRDI QIDQ545256

Slava Rychkov, Sheer El-Showk, Yu Nakayama

Publication date: 22 June 2011

Published in: Nuclear Physics. B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1101.5385

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T40: Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics

17A70: Superalgebras

83E15: Kaluza-Klein and other higher-dimensional theories

78A25: Electromagnetic theory (general)

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