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Some results of Fredenhagen concerning the asymptotic behavior of matrix elements of translation operators in local quantum field theories are discussed. An alternative derivation and generalizations are presented.
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Thomas, L.J., Wichmann, E.H. About matrix elements of spatial translations in local field theories. Lett Math Phys 28, 49–58 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00739566
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00739566