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Conformal Invariance

Conformal Invariance is a symmetry property of a physical system or field theory that remains invariant under conformal transformations—angle-preserving local rescalings of space—distinguishing it among spacetime symmetries by preserving the geometric structure of correlation functions at critical points.

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Infinite conformal symmetry in two-dimensional quantum field theory

A. A. Belavin, A. Polyakov, A. B. Zamolodchikov · Nuclear Physics B · 1984 · 4.9K citations · Full text

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Central charges in the canonical realization of asymptotic symmetries: An example from three dimensional gravity

J. Brown, Marc Henneaux · Communications in Mathematical Physics · 1986 · 2.8K citations

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Supergauge transformations in four dimensions

J. Wess, Bruno Zumino · Nuclear Physics B · 1974 · 2.6K citations · Full text

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Operator content of two-dimensional conformally invariant theories

John Cardy · Nuclear Physics B · 1986 · 2K citations

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Remarks on the Sachdev-Ye-Kitaev model

Juan Maldacena, Douglas Stanford · Physical review. D/Physical review. D. · 2016 · 1.9K citations · Full text

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  1. JC
    John Cardy

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    29 publications · 8.3K citations

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  2. SF
    S. Ferrara

    European Organization for Nuclear Research, Switzerland

    28 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. AT
    A.A. Tseytlin

    Imperial College London, United Kingdom

    23 publications · 2.1K citations

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    Yu Nakayama

    The University of Tokyo, Japan

    21 publications · 1.1K citations

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    V.A. Fateev

    Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russia

    17 publications · 4.9K citations

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  1. Princeton University

    Princeton, United States

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    183 publications

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  2. Institute for Advanced Study

    Princeton, United States

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    Paris, France

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    262 publications

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  4. European Organization for Nuclear Research

    Geneva, Switzerland

    56 h-index

    155 publications

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  5. University of California, Santa Barbara

    Santa Barbara, United States

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    128 publications

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  6. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    55 h-index

    133 publications

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  7. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

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    Cambridge, United States

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  1. Nuclear Physics B

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  2. Journal of High Energy Physics

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  3. Physics Letters B

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