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The maximal spacetime symmetry group of massless particles is the conformal group. | The maximal spacetime symmetry group of massless particles is the conformal group. | ||
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<cite>page 621 Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell - A. Zee</cite> | <cite>page 621 Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell - A. Zee</cite> | ||
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+ | <blockquote>"The simplest example of conformal matter is a perfect fluid of radiation. In the context of cosmology, this is extremely well motivated since the early Universe was, we believe, radiation dominated." <cite>https://arxiv.org/pdf/1612.02792.pdf</cite></blockquote> | ||
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