Spin from Isospin in a Gauge Theory
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- 10 May 1976
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 36 (19) , 1116-1119
Abstract
We show that in an SU(2) quantum gauge field theory, with isospin symmetry broken spontaneously by a triplet of scalar mesons, isospinor degrees of freedom are converted into spin degrees of freedom in the field of a magnetic monopole.Keywords
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