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arxiv: hep-th/0504197 · v2 · pith:YOGL2IU5new · submitted 2005-04-25 · ✦ hep-th · cond-mat.stat-mech· math-ph· math.MP

Scale and conformal invariance in field theory: a physical counterexample

V. Riva , J. Cardy This is my paper
classification ✦ hep-th cond-mat.stat-mechmath-phmath.MP
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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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