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Conformal Contact Terms and Semi-Local Terms

High Energy Physics - Theory 2020-10-28 v2

Abstract

We study conformal properties of local terms such as contact terms and semi-local terms in correlation functions of a conformal field theory. Not all of them are universal observables but they do appear in physically important correlation functions such as (anomalous) Ward-Takahashi identities or Schwinger-Dynson equations. We develop some tools such as embedding space delta functions and effective action to examine conformal invariance of these local terms.

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@article{arxiv.1906.07914,
  title  = {Conformal Contact Terms and Semi-Local Terms},
  author = {Yu Nakayama},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.07914},
  year   = {2020}
}

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18 pages, v2 reference added

R2 v1 2026-06-23T09:57:38.319Z