On-shell divergence of a quartic scalar dilation current

ID: on-shell-divergence-of-a-quartic-scalar-dilation-current

For and the displayed-weight dilation variation , the full divergence identity is . The field equation removes the second term. In four spacetime dimensions the density changes by a total divergence, so the Noether current includes the subtraction . This is a classical statement about generic solutions and this particular current.

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