Published April 1988 | Version v1
Journal article

Bosonization, topological solitons and fractional charges in two-dimensional quantum field theory

  • 1. Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule, Zurich (Switzerland). Inst. fuer Theoretische Physik
  • 2. Padua Univ. (Italy). Dipt. di Fisica

Description

We further develop the quantization of topological solitons in two-dimensional quantum field theory in terms of Euclidean region functional integrals. Our approach is nonperturbative and mathematically rigorous. We apply it to construct physical states with fractional fermion number in models of interacting bosons and fermions without recurring to a semiclassical approximation. A related issue discussed in this paper is two-dimensional chiral bosonization. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Commun. Math. Phys.
Journal Volume
116
Journal Issue
1
Series
Commun. Math. Phys.
Journal Page Range
127-173
ISSN
0010-3616
CODEN
CMPHA