Scale and conformal invariance in field theory: A physical counterexample

被引：68
|
作者：
Riva, V
Cardy, J
机构：
[1] Rudolf Peierls Ctr Theoret Phys, Oxford OX1 3NP, England
[2] Univ Oxford Wolfson Coll, Oxford OX2 6UD, England
[3] Univ Oxford All Souls Coll, Oxford OX1 4AL, England
来源：
PHYSICS LETTERS B | 2005年 / 622卷 / 3-4期
基金：
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词：
scale and conformal invariance in QFT; theory of elasticity;
D O I：
10.1016/j.physletb.2005.07.010
中图分类号：
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号：
0704 ;
摘要：
In this Letter, we illustrate how the two-dimensional theory of elasticity provides a physical example of field theory displaying scale but not conformal invariance. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
引用
收藏
页码：339 / 342
页数：4
相关论文
共 50 条
  • [21] Conformal invariance and rationality in an even dimensional quantum field theory
    Nikolov, NM
    Todorov, IT
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A, 2004, 19 (22): : 3605 - 3636
  • [22] Heisenberg and modular invariance of N=2 conformal field theory
    Roan, SS
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A, 2000, 15 (19): : 3065 - 3094
  • [23] Comments on scale and conformal invariance
    Adam Bzowski
    Kostas Skenderis
    Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014
  • [24] Comments on scale and conformal invariance
    Bzowski, Adam
    Skenderis, Kostas
    JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS, 2014, (08):
  • [25] BROKEN SCALE INVARIANCE IN SCALAR FIELD THEORY
    CALLAN, CG
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 1970, 2 (08): : 1541 - &
  • [26] The physical states of a boundary conformal field theory
    Davis, Simon
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A, 2020, 35 (06):
  • [27] SCALE INVARIANCE VS CONFORMAL INVARIANCE FROM HOLOGRAPHY
    Nakayama, Yu
    INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MODERN PHYSICS A, 2010, 25 (26): : 4849 - 4873
  • [28] Local scale invariance, conformal invariance and dynamical waling
    Henkel, M
    GROUP 24 : PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL ASPECTS OF SYMMETRIES, 2003, 173 : 319 - 322
  • [29] APPLICATIONS OF CONFORMAL-INVARIANCE TO GAUGE QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY
    TODOROV, IT
    LECTURE NOTES IN PHYSICS, 1984, 201 : 210 - 236
  • [30] Crossing symmetry and modular invariance in conformal field theory and S duality in gauge theory
    Nanopoulos, Dimitri V.
    Xie, Dan
    PHYSICAL REVIEW D, 2009, 80 (10):
12345