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Anyons from Strings

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-11-11 v2 Superconductivity Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

The Nambu-Goto string in a 3-dimensional (3D) Minkowski spacetime is quantized preserving Lorentz invariance and parity. The spectrum of massive states contains anyons. An ambiguity in the ground state energy is resolved by the 3D N=1 Green-Schwarz superstring, which has massless ground states describing a dilaton and dilatino, and first-excited states of spin 1/4.

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@article{arxiv.1008.2334,
  title  = {Anyons from Strings},
  author = {Luca Mezincescu and Paul K. Townsend},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1008.2334},
  year   = {2010}
}

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4 pages, two additional refs. in v2

R2 v1 2026-06-21T16:00:30.454Z