An approach to classical quantum field theory based on the geometry of locally conformally flat space-time

Abstract

This paper gives an introduction to certain classical physical theories described in the context of locally Minkowskian causal structures (LMCSs). For simplicity of exposition we consider LMCSs which have locally Euclidean topology (i.e. are manifolds) and hence are Möbius structures. We describe natural principal bundle structures associated with Möbius structures. Fermion fields are associated with sections of vector bundles associated with the principal bundles while interaction fields (bosons) are associated with endomorphisms of the space of fermion fields. Classical quantum field theory (the Dirac equation and Maxwell's equations) is obtained by considering representations of the structure group $K\subset U(2,2)$ of a principal bundle associated with a given Möbius structure where $K$, while being a subset of $U(2,2)$, is also isomorphic to $SL(2,\mathbf{C})\times U(1)$. The analysis requires the use of an intertwining operator between the action of $K$ on ${\mathbf{R}}^4$ and the adjoint action action of $K$ on $u(2,2)$ and it is shown that the Feynman slash operator, in the chiral representation for the Dirac gamma matrices, has this intertwining property.

arXiv commentPublished version with minor correction (SU(2,2)->U(2,2))

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