CFT Solution 1

Ankip Kumar
November 26, 2020

1 The Conformal Group

1.1

exppiaµ Pµ q “ exppiaµ p´iBµ qq

“ exppaµ Bµ q
1 µ ν
“ 1 ` aµ Bµ ` a a Bµ Bν ` .. (1)
2!
which gives:

1 µ ν
exppiaµ Pµ qf “ p1 ` aµ Bµ ` a a Bµ Bν ` ..qf
2!
aµ aν
“ f pxq ` aµ Bµ f ` Bµ Bν f ` ...
2!
T aylor 1 sExpansion
ÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÝÑ f px ` aq (2)

1.2
D “ ´ixµ Bµ (3)
Now,

exppiaDqxν “ exppaxµ Bµ qxν

a2 µ
“ xν ` axµ Bµ xν ` x Bµ pxα Bα pxν qq ` ...
2
a2 µ ν
“ xν ` axν ` x δµ ` ...
2!
a2
“ p1 ` a ` ` ...qxν
2!
“ ea xν (4)

1.3
Lµν “ ipxµ Bν ´ xν Bµ q (5)

exppiθL12 qf “ f ´ θpx1 B2 f ´ x2 B1 f q ` ...

f “xα
ÝÝÝÝÑ xα ´ θpx1 B2 xα ´ x2 B1 xα q ` ...
$
&cospθqx1 ` sinpθqx2
’ α“1
“ ´sinpθqx1 ` cospθqx2 α “ 2 (6)
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Clearly rotation in (1,2) plane.

1
1.4
Kµ “ ´ip2xµ xν Bν ´ xν xν Bµ q (7)

exppibµ Kµ qxρ “ expp2bµ xµ xν Bν ´ xν xν bµ Bµ qxρ

“ r1 ` p2bµ xµ xν Bν ´ xν xν bµ Bµ q ` ...sxρ
“ xρ ` p2bµ xµ xρ ´ xν xν bρ q ` Opb2 q (8)

2 Special Conformal Transformation

xµ ´ pxν xν qbµ
x1µ “ (9)
1 ´ 2pxν bν q ` pbν bν qpxρ xρ q

2.1
Now,

rxµ ´ pxν xν qbµ srxµ ´ pxρ xρ qbµ s

x1µ x1µ “
r1 ´ 2pxν bν q ` pb2 qpx2 qs2
x ´ 2x2 pb.xq ` px2 q2 pb2 q
2
“
r1 ´ 2px.bq ` pb2 qpx2 qs2
r1 ´ 2pb.xq ` x2 b2 s
“ pxµ xµ q
r1 ´ 2pb.xq ` x2 b2 s2
1
“ xµ xµ
r1 ´ 2pb.xq ` x2 b2 s
“ Λ1{2 xµ xµ (10)

2.2
bµ ăăă 1 (11)

xµ ´ pxν xν qbµ
x1µ “
1 ´ 2pxν bν q ` pbν bν qpxρ xρ q
« rxµ ´ px.xqbµ sr1 ` 2px.bqs ` Opb2 q
« xµ ` 2px.bqxµ ´ px.xqbµ ` Opb2 q (12)