Quantum theory of nonlocal vortex fields

15 November 1988

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review D

Vol. 38 (10) , 3194-3198
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevd.38.3194

Abstract

Nonlocal vortex field operators are introduced in continuum (2+1)-dimensional quantum field theory, through an order-disorder algebra. A general method for the evaluation of vortex correlation functions is established and an explicit operator realization of the vortex field is obtained.

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