Cauchy and Goursat problems for the generalized spin zero rest-mass fields on Minkowski spacetime

In this paper, we study the Cauchy and Goursat problems of the spin-$n/2$ zero rest-mass equations on Minkowski spacetime by using the conformal geometric method. In our strategy, we prove the wellposedness of the Cauchy problem in Einstein's cylinder. Then we establish pointwise decays of the fields and prove the energy equalities of the conformal fields between the null conformal boundaries $\scri^\pm$ and the hypersurface $\Sigma_0=\left\{ t=0 \right\}$. Finally, we prove the wellposedness of the Goursat problem in the partial conformal compactification by using the energy equalities and the generalisation of H\"ormander's result.

Partition functions of higher derivative conformal fields on conformally related spaces

The character integral representation of one loop partition functions is useful to establish the relation between partition functions of conformal fields on Weyl equivalent spaces. The Euclidean space Sa × AdSb can be mapped to Sa+b provided Sa and AdSb are of the same radius. As an example, to begin with, we show that the partition function in the character integral representation of conformally coupled free scalars and fermions are identical on Sa × AdSb and Sa+b. We then demonstrate that the partition function of higher derivative conformal scalars and fermions are also the same on hyperbolic cylinders and branched spheres. The partition function of the four-derivative conformal vector gauge field on the branched sphere in d = 6 dimension can be expressed as an integral over ‘naive’ bulk and ‘naive’ edge characters. However, the partition function of the conformal vector gauge field on $$ {S}_q^1 $$ S q 1 × AdS5 contains only the ‘naive’ bulk part of the partition function. This follows the same pattern which was observed for the partition of conformal p-form fields on hyperbolic cylinders. We use the partition function of higher derivative conformal fields on hyperbolic cylinders to obtain a linear relationship between the Hofman-Maldacena variables which enables us to show that these theories are non-unitary.

3d conformal fields with manifest sl(2, ℂ)

In the present paper we construct all short representation of so(3, 2) with the sl(2, ℂ) symmetry made manifest due to the use of sl(2, ℂ) spinors. This construction has a natural connection to the spinor-helicity formalism for massless fields in AdS4 suggested earlier. We then study unitarity of the resulting representations, identify them as the lowest-weight modules and as conformal fields in the three-dimensional Minkowski space. Finally, we compare these results with the existing literature and discuss the properties of these representations under contraction of so(3, 2) to the Poincare algebra.

Quantum BTZ black hole

We study a holographic construction of quantum rotating BTZ black holes that incorporates the exact backreaction from strongly coupled quantum conformal fields. It is based on an exact four-dimensional solution for a black hole localized on a brane in AdS4, first discussed some years ago but never fully investigated in this manner. Besides quantum CFT effects and their backreaction, we also investigate the role of higher-curvature corrections in the effective three-dimensional theory. We obtain the quantum-corrected geometry and the renormalized stress tensor. We show that the quantum black hole entropy, which includes the entanglement of the fields outside the horizon, satisfies the first law of thermodynamics exactly, even in the presence of backreaction and with higher-curvature corrections, while the Bekenstein-Hawking-Wald entropy does not. This result, which involves a rather non-trivial bulk calculation, shows the consistency of the holographic interpretation of braneworlds. We compare our renormalized stress tensor to results derived for free conformal fields, and for a previous holographic construction without backreaction effects, which is shown to be a limit of the solutions in this article.

Conformal vector fields on Finsler manifolds

In this paper, we give an equivalent characterization of conformal vector fields on a Finsler manifold [Formula: see text], whose metric [Formula: see text] is defined by a Riemannian metric [Formula: see text] and a 1-form [Formula: see text]. This characterization contains all related results in [Z. Shen and Q. Xia, On conformal vector fields on Randers manifolds, Sci. China Math. 55(9) (2012) 1869–1882; Z. Shen and M. Yuan, Conformal vector fields on some Finsler manifolds, Sci. China Math. 59(1) (2016) 107–114; X. Cheng, Y. Li and T. Li, The conformal vector fields on Kropina manifolds, Diff. Geom. Appl. 56 (2018) 344–354] as special cases. Further, we determine conformal fields on some Finsler manifolds [Formula: see text] when [Formula: see text] is of constant sectional curvature and [Formula: see text] is a conformal 1-form with respect to [Formula: see text].