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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.

We study a class of down–up algebras 𝒜(α, β, ϕ) defined over a polynomial base ring 𝕂[t₁,…,t_n] and establish several analogous results. We first construct a 𝕂-basis for the algebra 𝒜(α, β, ϕ). As an application, we completely determine the center of 𝒜(α, β, ϕ) when char 𝕂 = 0, and prove that the Gelfand–Kirillov dimension of 𝒜(α, β, ϕ) is n + 3. Then, we prove that 𝒜(α, β, ϕ) is a noetherian domain if and only if β ≠ 0, and 𝒜(α, β, ϕ) is Auslander-regular when β ≠ 0. We show that the global dimension of 𝒜(α, β, ϕ) is n + 3, and 𝒜(α, β, ϕ) is a prime ring except when α = β = ϕ = 0. Finally, we obtain some results on the Krull dimensions, isomorphisms and automorphisms of 𝒜(α, β, ϕ).

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 nonsemisimple 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.