Is the sign change of spinors under 2π rotations observable?
- 1 May 1969
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics A: General Physics
- Vol. 2 (3) , 267-273
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470/2/3/004
Abstract
Hegerfeldt and Kraus's criticisms (see abstr. A42300 of 1968) of Aharonov and Susskind's discussion (see abstr. A27919 of 1967) of the above question are investigated. It is shown that the rotation operator applied to a wave function can be equivalent to solving Schrodinger's equation if gravitational fields are present. The specific example of quantum mechanics on a cone is considered in detail.Keywords
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