Published 1988
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Journal article
Peculiar spin and statistics in two space dimensions
Creators
- 1. Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH (USA). Dept. of Physics
- 2. California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA (USA). Inst. for Theoretical Physics
Description
The authors review some peculiarities of quantum mechanics for 2 + 1 dimensional systems that are at least instructive and perhaps important. In particular, they argue that angular momentum need not be quantized and that statistics interpolating between Fermi and Bose statistics can be constructed. There are possible direct applications to collective excitations in solids and to cosmic strings, and an important moral lesson regarding the wave function of the universe
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- International Journal of Modern Physics A
- Journal Volume
- 3
- Journal Issue
- 12
- Series
- Int. J. Mod. Phys. A.
- Journal Page Range
- 2827-2853
- ISSN
- 0217-751X
- CODEN
- IMPAE
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 21029111
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY; S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
- Descriptors DEI
- ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BOSON-FERMION SYMMETRY; COLLECTIVE EXCITATIONS; FERMI INTERACTIONS; INTERPOLATION; ONE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; QUANTIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SOLIDS; SPIN; STATISTICS; STRING MODELS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; UNIVERSE; WAVE FUNCTIONS
- Descriptors DEC
- BASIC INTERACTIONS; ENERGY-LEVEL TRANSITIONS; EXCITATION; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; FUNCTIONS; INTERACTIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; MECHANICS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; PARTICLE MODELS; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; SYMMETRY; WEAK INTERACTIONS