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arxiv: hep-th/0111190 · v2 · submitted 2001-11-21 · ✦ hep-th

Conformal topological Yang-Mills theory and de Sitter holography

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keywords theoryconformalbrstconformallygroupinvariantsitterspace
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A new topological conformal field theory in four Euclidean dimensions is constructed from N=4 super Yang-Mills theory by twisting the whole of the conformal group with the whole of the R-symmetry group, resulting in a theory that is conformally invariant and has two conformally invariant BRST operators. A curved space generalisation is found on any Riemannian 4-fold. This formulation has local Weyl invariance and two Weyl-invariant BRST symmetries, with an action and energy-momentum tensor that are BRST-exact. This theory is expected to have a holographic dual in 5-dimensional de Sitter space.

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