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Boost charge of a one-dimensional scalar field (J01=tP−∫xEdx)

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For a free massless real scalar field with wave speed set to one and metric (+,−), define E=(ϕt2​+ϕx2​)/2 and p=−ϕt​ϕx​. Its symmetric stress-energy tensor is Tμν=(Ep​pE​). The Lorentz current has density tp−xE and flux tE−xp. Its conserved charge is the displayed expression when boundary flux vanishes. In one spatial dimension it generates boosts, not spatial rotations; there is no independent purely spatial angular-momentum component. Its conservation says that the center of energy moves uniformly. This is a symmetry of the wave-field model and need not survive boundaries or additional material effects.

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