Editing Scale invariance (section)

===Conformal field theory===
Scale-invariant QFTs are almost always invariant under the full [[conformal symmetry]], and the study of such QFTs is [[conformal field theory]] (CFT). [[operator (physics)|Operators]] in a CFT have a well-defined [[scaling dimension]], analogous to the [[scaling dimension]], ''∆'', of a classical field discussed above. However, the scaling dimensions of operators in a CFT typically differ from those of the fields in the corresponding classical theory. The additional contributions appearing in the CFT are known as [[anomalous scaling dimension]]s.