Fermions as U(1) instantons

• Authors: Michail Stoilov
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

Electrodynamics; instanton; anomalous quantization

Discipline

• 12.20.-m: Quantum electrodynamics
• 14.80.Hv: Magnetic monopoles

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Physics
• Year: 2007
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 507-515

Dates

published

1 - 12 - 2007

online

1 - 12 - 2007

Contributors

author

Michail Stoilov

• Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Nuclear Research and Nuclear Energy, Blvd. Tzarigradsko Chausseé 72, Sofia, 1784, Bulgaria

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11534-007-0034-5