7 papers
Extended Conformal Symmetry
James T. Wheeler
We show that the grading of fields by conformal weight, when built into the initial group symmetry, provides a discrete, non-central conformal extension of any group containing dil…
Actions for Biconformal Matter
Andre Wehner, James T. Wheeler
We extend 2n-dim biconformal gauge theory by including Lorentz-scalar matter fields of arbitrary conformal weight. For a massless scalar field of conformal weight zero in a torsion…
Biconformal Matter Actions
Andre Wehner, James T. Wheeler
We extend 2n-dim biconformal gauge theory by including Lorentz-scalar matter fields of arbitrary conformal weight. We show that for a massless scalar field of conformal weight zero…
Why Quantum Mechanics is Complex
James T. Wheeler
The zero-signature Killing metric of a new, real-valued, 8-dimensional gauging of the conformal group accounts for the complex character of quantum mechanics. The new gauge theory…
Normal Biconformal Spaces
James T. Wheeler
A new 8-dimensional conformal gauging avoids the unphysical size change, third order gravitational field equations, and auxiliary fields that prevent taking the conformal group as…
String Without Strings
James T. Wheeler
Scale invariance provides a principled reason for the physical importance of Hilbert space, the Virasoro algebra, the string mode expansion, canonical commutators and Schroedinger…