Published November 20, 2003 | Version v1
Journal article

Non-Abelian statistics of axion strings

Description

We examine an axion string coupled to a Majorana fermion. It is found that there exist a Majorana-Weyl zero mode on the string. Due to the zero mode, the axion strings obey non-Abelian statistics

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physletb.2003.09.047;
arXiv
arXiv:hep-th/0307005v2;
PII
S037026930301428X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physics Letters. Section B
Journal Volume
575
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 126-130
ISSN
0370-2693
CODEN
PYLBAJ

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
37106119
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
AXIONS; FERMIONS; MAJORANA THEORY; STATISTICS; STRING MODELS
Descriptors DEC
BOSONS; COMPOSITE MODELS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; EXTENDED PARTICLE MODEL; GOLDSTONE BOSONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICS; PARTICLE MODELS; POSTULATED PARTICLES; QUARK MODEL

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.