Fractional charges and fractional spins for composite fermions in quantum electrodynamics

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作者
Wang, Yong-Long [1 ,2 ,3 ]
Lu, Wei-Tao [1 ,2 ]
Jiang, Hua [1 ,2 ]
Xu, Chang-Tan [1 ]
Pan, Hong-Zhe [1 ,2 ]
机构
[1] Linyi Univ, Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Linyi 276005, Peoples R China
[2] Linyi Univ, Inst Condensed Matter Phys, Linyi 276005, Peoples R China
[3] MIT, Nucl Sci Lab, Ctr Phys Theor, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
基金
中国国家自然科学基金;
关键词
constrained Hamiltonian systems; Faddeev-Senjanovic path integral quantization formalism; Noether theorem; CHERN-SIMONS TERM; NONLINEAR SIGMA-MODEL; GAUGE SYMMETRIES; DIRAC CONJECTURE; SYSTEM; STATISTICS; FIELDS;
D O I
10.1088/1674-1056/21/7/070501
中图分类号
O4 [物理学];
学科分类号
0702 ;
摘要
By using the Faddeev-Senjanovic path integral quantization method, we quantize the composite fermions in quantum electrodynamics (QED). In the sense of Dirac's conjecture, we deduce all the constraints and give Dirac's gauge transformations (DGT). According to that the effective action is invariant under the DGT, we obtain the Noether theorem at the quantum level, which shows the fractional charges for the composite fermions in QED. This result is better than the one deduced from the equations of motion for the statistical potentials, because this result contains both odd and even fractional numbers. Furthermore, we deduce the Noether theorem from the invariance of the effective action under the rotational transformations in 2-dimensional (x, y) plane. The result shows that the composite fermions have fractional spins and fractional statistics. These anomalous properties are given by the constraints for the statistical gauge potential.
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