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A natural extension of the conformal Lorentz group in a field theory context

András László

Wigner Research Centre for Physics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, RMI, Department of High Energy Physics, Budapest 1121, P.O. Box 49, H-1525, Hungary

E-mail Address: laszlo.andras@wigner.mta.hu

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Abstract

In this paper a finite dimensional unital associative algebra is presented, and its group of algebra automorphisms is detailed. The studied algebra can physically be understood as the creation operator algebra in a formal quantum field theory at fixed momentum for a spin 1/2 particle along with its antiparticle. It is shown that the essential part of the corresponding automorphism group can naturally be related to the conformal Lorentz group. In addition, the non-semisimple part of the automorphism group can be understood as “dressing” of the pure one-particle states. The studied mathematical structure may help in constructing quantum field theories in a non-perturbative manner. In addition, it provides a simple example of circumventing Coleman–Mandula theorem using non-semisimple groups, without SUSY.

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