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Sum rules for spins in (2 + 1)-dimensional quantum field theory

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Particles in 3 dimensional Minkowski space may have fractional spin and braid group statistics. Spin and statistics are shown to be connected by a generalized spin statistics theorem.

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H. -D. Doebner J. -D. Hennig

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Fredenhagen, K. (1990). Sum rules for spins in (2 + 1)-dimensional quantum field theory. In: Doebner, H.D., Hennig, J.D. (eds) Quantum Groups. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 370. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-53503-9_53

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