Anyons as spin particles: from classical mechanics to field theory

Abstract

(2+1)-dimensional relativistic fractional spin particles are considered within the framework of the group-theoretical approach to anyons starting from the level of classical mechanics and concluding by the construction of the minimal set of linear differential field equations.

9 pages, LaTeX; Talk given at the Conference ``Theories of Fundamental Interactions", Maynooth, Ireland, May 1995; to be published in ``Topics in Quantum Field Theory" (World Scientific, Ed. T. Thcrakian, 1995)