Scale and conformal invariance in field theory: a physical counterexample
High Energy Physics - Theory
2015-06-26 v2 Statistical Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
math.MP
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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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0504197,
title = {Scale and conformal invariance in field theory: a physical counterexample},
author = {V. Riva and J. Cardy},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0504197},
year = {2015}
}
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3 pages, revtex4, references added