Fractional Statistics in 2 + 1 Dimensions through the Gaussian Model
- 13 October 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 57 (15) , 1819-1822
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.57.1819
Abstract
The free massless field in 2 + 1 dimensions is written as an "integral" over free massless fields in 1 + 1 dimensions. With the operators with fractional dimension in the Gaussian model as a spring-board, operators with fractional statistics in the former theory are constructed.Keywords
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