Quantum Conformal Gravity

Abstract

We present the manifestly covariant canonical operator formalism of a Weyl invariant (or equivalently, a locally scale invariant) gravity whose classical action consists of the well-known conformal gravity and Weyl invariant scalar-tensor gravity, on the basis of the Becchi-Rouet-Stora-Tyupin (BRST) formalism. It is shown that there exists a Poincar$\acute{\mathrm{e}}$-like $IOSp(8|8)$ global symmetry as in Einstein's general relativity, which should be contrasted to the case of only the Weyl invariant scalar-tensor gravity where we have a more extended Poincar$\acute{\mathrm{e}}$-like $IOSp(10|10)$ global symmetry. This reduction of the global symmetry is attributed to the presence of the Stückelberg symmetry.

Comments: 34 pages