کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1854634 | 1529869 | 2014 | 10 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
• The spin–statistics theorem is not required for particles on a lattice.
• Spin emerges dynamically when spinless fermions have a relativistic continuum limit.
• Graphene and staggered fermions are examples of this phenomenon.
• The phenomenon is intimately tied to chiral symmetry and fermion doubling.
• Anomaly cancellation is a crucial feature of any valid lattice fermion action.
Quantum mechanics and relativity in the continuum imply the well known spin–statistics connection. However for particles hopping on a lattice, there is no such constraint. If a lattice model yields a relativistic field theory in a continuum limit, this constraint must “emerge” for physical excitations. We discuss a few models where a spin-less fermion hopping on a lattice gives excitations which satisfy the continuum Dirac equation. This includes such well known systems such as graphene and staggered fermions.
Journal: Annals of Physics - Volume 342, March 2014, Pages 21–30