Published June 15, 1984
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Journal article
Magnetic monopoles and fractional Witten indices
Creators
- 1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Laboratory for Nuclear Science and Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
Description
The monopole-fermion system is shown to provide an example of a fractional Witten index. The discontinuity exhibited by the massless case is reminiscent of that for the eta invariant
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Phys. Rev., D
- Journal Volume
- 29
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Series
- Phys. Rev., D.
- Journal Page Range
- 2975-2976
- ISSN
- 0556-2821
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 16029065
- Subject category
- S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; EIGENFUNCTIONS; FERMIONS; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC MONOPOLES; SUPERSYMMETRY; SYMMETRY BREAKING
- Descriptors DEC
- ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; FUNCTIONS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; MONOPOLES; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUANTUM OPERATORS; SYMMETRY