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Let ϕ1(x) and ϕ2(y) be two local fields in a conformal quantum field theory (CQFT) in two dimensional spacetime. It is then shown that the vector-valued distribution ϕ1(x)ϕ2(y)|0〉 is a boundary value of a vectorvalued holomorphic function which is defined on a large conformally invariant domain. By group theoretical arguments alone it is proved that ϕ1(x)ϕ2(y)|0〉 can be expanded into conformal partial waves. These have all the properties of a global version of Wilson's operator product expansions when applied to the vacuum state |0〉. Finally, the corresponding calculations are carried out more explicitly in the Thirring model. Here, a complete set of local conformally covariant fields is found, which is closed under vacuum expansion of any two it its elements (a vacuum expansion is an operator product expansion applied to the vacuum).
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Lüscher, M. Operator product expansions on the vacuum in conformal quantum field theory in two spacetime dimensions. Commun.Math. Phys. 50, 23–52 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01608553
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