Anomalous quantization of the electromagnetic field allows non-trivial (anti) self-dual configurations to exist in four-dimensional Euclidian space-time. These instanton-like objects are described as massless spinor particles.
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Blvd. Tzarigradsko Chausseé 72, Sofia, 1784, Bulgaria
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