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Field configurations with half-integer angular momentum in purely bosonic theories without topological charge

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v3 High Energy Physics - Phenomenology

Abstract

It is shown that purely bosonic field theories can have configurations with half-integral angular momentum even when the topological magnetic charge of the configuration vanishes. This result is applicable whenever there is a non-Abelian gauge theory with particles that transform in the fundamental representation of the non-Abelian symmetry group.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9709149,
  title  = {Field configurations with half-integer angular momentum in purely bosonic theories without topological charge},
  author = {Tanmay Vachaspati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9709149},
  year   = {2009}
}

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