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5 Conformal Symmetry in D Dimensions
The dimension of this group is
dim SO(p + 1, q + 1) =
1
2
(p + q + 2)(p + q + 1).
(5.14)
5.3
Suggested Readings
• References on higher-dimensional CFTs are [1–5].
References
1. P.D. Francesco, P. Mathieu, D. Senechal, Conformal Field Theory, 2nd edn. (Springer, Berlin,
1999)
2. J.D. Qualls, Lectures on Conformal Field Theory (2015) arXiv: 1511.04074
3. S. Rychkov, EPFL Lectures on Conformal Field Theory in D>= 3 Dimensions (Springer, Berlin,
2016). arXiv: 1601.05000
4. M. Schottenloher, A Mathematical Introduction to Conformal Field Theory, 2nd edn. (Springer,
Berlin, 2008)
5. D. Simmons-Duffin, TASI Lectures on the Conformal Bootstrap (A Caltech Library Service,
Pasadena, 2016). arXiv: 1602.07982