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The authors, R. Blumenhagen and E. Plauschinn in "Introduction to conformal field theory" say that "since the current $j_{\mu}=T_{\mu\nu}\epsilon^{\nu}$ associated to the conformal symmetry is preserved, there exists a conserved charge which is expressed in the following way: $$Q=\int dx^1 j_0\quad \text{at}\quad x^0=\text{const}.$$ In Field theory this conserved charge is the generator of symmetry transformation for an operator $A$ which can be written as $$\delta A=[Q,A].$$

I know that every symmetry transformation implies a conserved charge (by Noether Theorem) and know also that the generators of symmetry group are the same as conserved charges. My question is that why $\delta A=[Q,A]$? I would really appreciate if someone would explain me how to prove this. Similar expression has written in Srednicki's book on page 64 that

the variation of a field $\Phi (z,\bar{z})$ under a conformal transformation is given by $$\delta_{\epsilon}\Phi (z,\bar{z})=[Q_{\epsilon},\Phi (z,\bar{z})].$$

Where does this come from?

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