Scale and conformal invariance in field theory: A Physical counterexample

Riva, V.; Cardy, John L.

doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2005.07.010

Scale and conformal invariance in field theory: A Physical counterexample

Apr, 2005

3 pages

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Phys.Lett.B 622 (2005) 339-342

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hep-th/0504197 [hep-th]

DOI:

10.1016/j.physletb.2005.07.010

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Abstract:

In this note, we illustrate how the two-dimensional theory of elasticity provides a physical example of field theory displaying scale but not conformal invariance.

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62.20.Dc
11.25.Hf
11.10.Kk
Scale and conformal invariance in QFT
Theory of elasticity
invariance: conformal
scaling: invariance
dimension: 2
tensor: energy-momentum

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