Cliffordons.

DOI10.1063/1.1379314MaRDI QIDQ2774966zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David R. Finkelstein, Andrei A. Galiautdinov

Publication date 26 February 2002

Published in Journal of Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0005039

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R25)

Abstract: At higher energies the present complex quantum theory with its unitary group might expand into a real quantum theory with an orthogonal group, broken by an approximate $i$ operator at lower energies. Implementing this possibility requires a real quantum double-valued statistics. A Clifford statistics, representing a swap (12) by a difference $gamm{a}_1-gamm{a}_2$ of Clifford units, is uniquely appropriate. Unlike the Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac, Bose-Einstein, and para- statistics, which are tensorial and single-valued, and unlike anyons, which are confined to two dimensions, Clifford statistics are multivalued and work for any dimensionality. Nayak and Wilczek proposed a Clifford statistics for the fractional quantum Hall effect. We apply them to toy quanta here. A complex-Clifford example has the energy spectrum of a system of spin-1/2 particles in an external magnetic field. This supports the proposal that the double-valued rotations --- spin --- seen at current energies might arise from double-valued permutations --- swap --- to be seen at higher energies. Another toy with real Clifford statistics illustrates how an effective imaginary unit $i$ can arise naturally within a real quantum theory.

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