Published February 2, 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

Fractional fermion number at finite temperature

  • 1. Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ (USA)
  • 2. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Dept. of Physics
  • 3. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Lab. for Nuclear Science
  • 4. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge (USA). Center for Theoretical Physics
  • 5. British Columbia Univ., Vancouver (Canada). Dept. of Physics

Description

We discuss fermion fractionization at finite temperature in a continuum field theory that describes a linearly conjugated diatomic polymer. Our analysis, which is based on the use of a trace identity, provides a new technique to evaluate fractional fermion numbers in general renormalizable field theories. (orig.)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Phys. Lett., B
Journal Volume
135
Journal Issue
1-3
Series
CODEN: PYLBA.;Phys. Lett., B.
Journal Page Range
121-124
ISSN
0370-2693

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
Netherlands
INIS RN
15031636
Subject category
S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
Descriptors DEI
FERMIONS; POLYMERS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RENORMALIZATION; SERIES EXPANSION; SOLITONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUM
Descriptors DEC
EQUILIBRIUM; FIELD THEORIES; QUASI PARTICLES

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Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract DE-AC02-76ER003069; DE-AC02-76ER03069