Fractional Statistics in Three Dimensions: Compact Maxwell-Higgs System
arXiv:hep-th/9509114 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.54.1778
Abstract
We show that a (3+1)-dimensional system composed of an open magnetic vortex and an electrical point charge exhibits the phenomenon of Fermi-Bose transmutation. In order to provide the physical realization of this system we focus on the lattice compact scalar electrodynamics whose topological excitations are open Nielsen-Olesen strings with magnetic monopoles attached at their ends.
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