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Stress-Tensor Commutator in CFT near the Lightcone

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-09-25 v2

Abstract

Starting with the general stress-tensor commutation relations consistent with the Poincar\'e algebra in local quantum field theory, we impose the tracelessness condition and focus on the dominating contributions in the lightcone limit. It is shown that, under a certain assumption on the Schwinger term, a Virasoro-algebra-like structure emerges near the lightcone in d>2d>2 conformal field theories.

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@article{arxiv.1907.00599,
  title  = {Stress-Tensor Commutator in CFT near the Lightcone},
  author = {Kuo-Wei Huang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1907.00599},
  year   = {2019}
}

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5 pp. V2: minor corrections, reference added

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