Fractional spin from gravity

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dc.contributor.author	Samuel, J.	-
dc.date.accessioned	2006-05-23T06:58:21Z	-
dc.date.available	2006-05-23T06:58:21Z	-
dc.date.issued	1993-07-12	-
dc.identifier.citation	Physical Review Letters, 1993, Vol.71, 215-218	en
dc.identifier.issn	0031-9007 (print)	-
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2289/1287	-
dc.description.abstract	Friedman and Sorkin have observed that the total angular momentum of an asymptotically flat, vacuum, quantum gravitational field in 3+1 dimensions need not be integral. We pursue this idea in the context of asymptotically flat 2+1 gravity, which is an exactly solvable model. We find that, for nontrivial spatial topologies, the quantized pure gravitational field has states of fractional spin. These states are dynamically allowed, in the sense that they solve all the constraints of the theory.	en
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dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	The American Physical Society	en
dc.relation.uri	http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v71/p215	en
dc.rights	(1993) by the American Physical Society	en
dc.title	Fractional spin from gravity	en
dc.type	Article	en
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