Conformal transformations and conformal invariance in gravitation

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dc.creatorDabrowski, Mariusz P.
dc.creatorGarecki, Janusz
dc.creatorBlaschke, David B.
dc.date2008-06-16
dc.date2009-01-05
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T12:43:53Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T12:43:53Z
dc.descriptionConformal transformations are frequently used tools in order to study relations between various theories of gravity and the Einstein relativity. In this paper we discuss the rules of these transformations for geometric quantities as well as for the matter energy-momentum tensor. We show the subtlety of the matter energy-momentum conservation law which refers to the fact that the conformal transformation "creates" an extra matter term composed of the conformal factor which enters the conservation law. In an extreme case of the flat original spacetime the matter is "created" due to work done by the conformal transformation to bend the spacetime which was originally flat. We discuss how to construct the conformally invariant gravity theories and also find the conformal transformation rules for the curvature invariants $R^2$, $R_{ab}R^{ab}$, $R_{abcd}R^{abcd}$ and the Gauss-Bonnet invariant in a spacetime of an arbitrary dimension. Finally, we present the conformal transformation rules in the fashion of the duality transformations of the superstring theory. In such a case the transitions between conformal frames reduce to a simple change of the sign of a redefined conformal factor.
dc.descriptionREVTEX 4, 28 pages, no figures, version to match a published paper
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2683
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0806.2683
dc.identifierAnnalen Phys. (Berlin) 18 (2009), 13-32.
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/220578
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectAstrophysics
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleConformal transformations and conformal invariance in gravitation
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