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Scale and conformal invariance in field theory: a physical counterexample

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arxiv hep-th/0504197 v2 pith:YOGL2IU5 submitted 2005-04-25 hep-th cond-mat.stat-mechmath-phmath.MP

V. Riva , J. Cardy This is my paper · ORCID
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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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