A mystery of conformal coupling

dc.creatorTagirov, E. A.
dc.date2005-01-09
dc.date2005-01-28
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T03:29:19Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T03:29:19Z
dc.descriptionAn origin and necessity of so called conformal (or,Penrose-Chernikov-Tagirov) coupling of scalar field to the metric of n-dimensional Riemannian space-time is discussed in brief. The corresponding general-relativistic field equation implies a one-particle (quantum mechanical) Schrodinger Hamiltonian which depends on the space-time dimensionality n, contrary to the Hamiltonian constructed by quantization of geodesic motion, which is the same for any value of n. In general, the Hamiltonians can coincide only for n = 4, the dimensionality of the ordinarily observed Universe. In view of the fundamental role of a scalar field in various cosmological models, this fact may be of interest for models of brane worlds where n > 4 .
dc.description4 pages, title changed, minor grammar corrections
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0501026
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0501026
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/35171
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.subjectHigh Energy Physics - Theory
dc.titleA mystery of conformal coupling
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