Quantum Mechanics of Fractional-Spin Particles

Frank Wilczek
Phys. Rev. Lett. 49, 957 – Published 4 October 1982
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Abstract

Composites formed from charged particles and vortices in (2+1)-dimensional models, or flux tubes in three-dimensional models, can have any (fractional) angular momentum. The statistics of these objects, like their spin, interpolates continuously between the usual boson and fermion cases. How this works for two-particle quantum mechanics is discussed here.

  • Received 22 June 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.49.957

©1982 American Physical Society

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Frank Wilczek

  • Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106

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Vol. 49, Iss. 14 — 4 October 1982

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