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Cubic root of Klein-Gordon equation

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Phenomenology Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

We construct new relativistic linear differential equation in dd dimensions generalizing Dirac equation by employing the Clifford algebra of the cubic polynomial associated to Klein-Gordon operator multiplied by the mass parameter. Unlike the Dirac case where the spin content is unique and Lorentz covariance is manifest, here the spin as well as Lorentz covariance of the theory are related to the choice of representation of the Clifford algebra. One of the considered explicit matrix representations gives rise to anyon-like fields in d=1+1d=1+1. Coupling to a U(1) gauge field is discussed and compared with Dirac theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0001067,
  title  = {Cubic root of Klein-Gordon equation},
  author = {Mikhail S. Plyushchay and Michel Rausch de Traubenberg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0001067},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

12 pages, typos corrected. To appear in Phys. Lett. B

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