Published May 10, 1976 | Version v1
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Fermion--boson puzzle in a gauge theory

  • 1. Theoretical Physics Department, University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

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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 momentum 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

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Journal Title
Physical Review Letters
Journal Volume
36
Journal Issue
19
Series
Phys. Rev. Lett.
Journal Page Range
1119-1122
ISSN
0031-9007

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