Fermion-Boson Puzzle in a Gauge Theory
- 10 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 36 (19) , 1119-1122
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.36.1119
Abstract
It is argued that magnetic monopoles in an SU(2) gauge theory may bind with an ordinary boson with isospin, to give bound states with spin. If the isospin of the free boson is integer or half-odd-integer, the total angular mometum of the bound state is integer or half-odd-integer, respectively. According to the spin-statistics theorem we can obtain fermions this way in a theory that started off with bosons only.Keywords
This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
- Spin from Isospin in a Gauge TheoryPhysical Review Letters, 1976
- Connection of Spin and Statistics for Charge-Monopole CompositesPhysical Review Letters, 1976
- Quantum sine-Gordon equation as the massive Thirring modelPhysical Review D, 1975
- Magnetic monopoles in unified gauge theoriesNuclear Physics B, 1974
- Unified Weak and Electromagnetic Interactions without Neutral CurrentsPhysical Review Letters, 1972
- Quantised singularities in the electromagnetic field,Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A, Containing Papers of a Mathematical and Physical Character, 1931
- Die verallgemeinerten Kugelfunktionen und die Wellenfunktionen eines Elektrons im Felde eines MagnetpolesThe European Physical Journal A, 1931