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Fermions on Non-Trivial Topologies

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-31 v2

Abstract

An exact expression for the Green function of a purely fermionic system moving on the manifold ×ΣD1\Re \times \Sigma^{D-1}, where ΣD1\Sigma^{D-1} is a (D1)(D-1)-torus, is found. This expression involves the bosonic analog of χn=einθ\chi_n = e^{in\theta} corresponding to the irreducible representation for the n-th class of homotopy and in the fermionic case for D=2 and 3, χn\chi_n is a measure of the statistics of the particles. For higher dimensions (D4D \geq 4), there is no analogue interpretation however this could, presumably, indicate a generation of mass as in quantum field theories at finite temperature.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9906100,
  title  = {Fermions on Non-Trivial Topologies},
  author = {J. Gamboa},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9906100},
  year   = {2009}
}

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Some portions re-written, references added. To appear in PLB

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