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 <tabbox Why is it interesting?> ​ <tabbox Why is it interesting?> ​
 +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>​
  
 <tabbox Layman> ​ <tabbox Layman> ​
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