 Central charge (source code)

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= Central charge
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The central charge is the coefficient of the fourth-order pole in the stress-tensor operator-product expansion, $T(z)T(w)\sim c/[2(z-w)^4]+\cdots$. A free real boson contributes one and a free real chiral fermion contributes one half.

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