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Current algebra and exotic statistics in 6 dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v1

Abstract

By studying ordinary chiral fermions in background gauge fields we show that in the case of gauge group SU(3) and space-time dimension 5+1 localized solitons obey qq- commutation relations with qq not equal to ±1\pm 1 but a third root of unity.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9801136,
  title  = {Current algebra and exotic statistics in 6 dimensions},
  author = {Jouko Mickelsson},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9801136},
  year   = {2009}
}

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