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${\mathbb Z}_2\times {\mathbb Z}_2$-graded parastatistics in multiparticle quantum Hamiltonians

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-02-26 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

The recent surge of interest in Z2×Z2{\mathbb Z}_2\times {\mathbb Z}_2-graded invariant mechanics poses the challenge of understanding the physical consequences of a Z2×Z2{\mathbb Z}_2\times{\mathbb Z}_2-graded symmetry. In this paper it is shown that non-trivial physics can be detected in the multiparticle sector of a theory, being induced by the Z2×Z2{\mathbb Z}_2\times{\mathbb Z}_2-graded parastatistics obeyed by the particles. The toy model of the N=4{\cal N}=4 supersymmetric/ Z2×Z2{\mathbb Z}_2\times {\mathbb Z}_2-graded oscillator is used. In this set-up the one-particle energy levels and their degenerations are the same for both supersymmetric and Z2×Z2{\mathbb Z}_2\times{\mathbb Z}_2-graded versions. Nevertheless, in the multiparticle sector, a measurement of an observable operator on suitable states can discriminate whether the system under consideration is composed by ordinary bosons/fermions or by Z2×Z2{\mathbb Z}_2\times {\mathbb Z}_2-graded particles. Therefore, Z2×Z2{\mathbb Z}_2\times {\mathbb Z}_2-graded mechanics has experimentally testable consequences. Furthermore, the Z2×Z2{\mathbb Z}_2\times {\mathbb Z}_2-grading constrains the observables to obey a superselection rule. As a technical tool, the multiparticle sector is encoded in the coproduct of a Hopf algebra defined on a Universal Enveloping Algebra of a graded Lie superalgebra with a braided tensor product.

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@article{arxiv.2008.11554,
  title  = {${\mathbb Z}_2\times {\mathbb Z}_2$-graded parastatistics in multiparticle quantum Hamiltonians},
  author = {Francesco Toppan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2008.11554},
  year   = {2021}
}

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