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Scalar-field shift symmetry

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A scalar-field shift symmetry acts by ϕ(x)↦ϕ(x)+c for constant c. Its Noether charge is the spatial integral of the canonical momentum, up to the normalization of c, and interactions invariant under the symmetry contain derivatives of the scalar field.

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