Abstract
We study solutions of the Klein-Gordon, Maxwell, and linearized Einstein equations in that transform as -dimensional conformal primaries under the Lorentz group . Such solutions, called conformal primary wavefunctions, are labeled by a conformal dimension and a point in , rather than an on-shell ()-dimensional momentum. We show that the continuum of scalar conformal primary wavefunctions on the principal continuous series of spans a complete set of normalizable solutions to the wave equation. In the massless case, with or without spin, the transition from momentum space to conformal primary wavefunctions is implemented by a Mellin transform. As a consequence of this construction, scattering amplitudes in this basis transform covariantly under as -dimensional conformal correlators.
- Received 19 May 2017
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.065022
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