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Why in the case of SSB of a global symmetry the conserved charges do not exist..?

Through the reading of this paper (http://arxiv.org/pdf/0907.2441v3.pdf), I got a bit confused regarding the existence of the conserved charges in a theory with SSB of a global symmetry. More presicely, in the previous to last paragraph we have "when a global symmetry is spontaneously broken, the corresponding conserved charge does not exist because its correlation functions are IR divergent. However the conserved current and even the commutators with the conserved charge do exist." I know that in the case of global SSB: $Q|0\rangle\neq0$. However, I cannot have any insight about the correlation functions... Could anyhow $Q|0\rangle\neq0$ imply something like $||Q|0\rangle||=\infty$ or $\langle Q\rangle\rightarrow\infty$..? And how could one see that..? Sorry for the long post, I eould extremely appreciate your help.

Jordan
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