A Model for charges of electromagnetic type

Buchholz, Detlev; Doplicher, Sergio; Morchio, Gianni; Roberts, John E.; Strocchi, Franco

A Model for charges of electromagnetic type

Detlev Buchholz
(
- Gottingen U. and
- Rome U. and
- Pisa U. and
- Rome U., Tor Vergata and
- Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore
)
,
Sergio Doplicher
(
- Gottingen U. and
- Rome U. and
- Pisa U. and
- Rome U., Tor Vergata and
- Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore
)
,
Gianni Morchio
(
- Gottingen U. and
- Rome U. and
- Pisa U. and
- Rome U., Tor Vergata and
- Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore
)
,
John E. Roberts
(
- Gottingen U. and
- Rome U. and
- Pisa U. and
- Rome U., Tor Vergata and
- Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore
)
,
Franco Strocchi
(
- Gottingen U. and
- Rome U. and
- Pisa U. and
- Rome U., Tor Vergata and
- Pisa, Scuola Normale Superiore
)

May, 1997

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Abstract:

We discuss a simple but instructive model in which Gauss' law holds for a class of charged states. In spite of the non-localizability of these charges, the corresponding superselection sectors can be labelled by the spectrum of some internal symmetry group and have well defined statistics. More interestingly, the properties of these charged states seem to point to a general argument allowing one to establish these features for any theory with charges of electric or magnetic type.

Note:

Published in Operator Algebras and Quantum Field Theory: Proceedings of a conference held in Rome, 1996. International Press 1997, pp. 647-660, PPA = 9840

axiomatic field theory
space-time
field theory: scalar
electromagnetic field
charge: electric
Gauss law
differential forms: symplectic
asymptotic behavior

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