Communications in Mathematical Physics

, Volume 85, Issue 1, pp 73–86 | Cite as

Local aspects of superselection rules

  • Sergio Doplicher
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Abstract

We study a theory of short range forces in terms of local observable quantities; among the superselection structure determined by the algebra of all local observables, to each additive independent charge we associate local observables having a meaning analogous to the regularized integrals of charge density fields over a finite volume. Among other assumptions, we require that parastatistics are absent from the theories considered.

Keywords

Gauge Group Gauge Transformation Double Cone Local Observable Superselection Rule 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sergio Doplicher
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  1. 1.Istituto Matematico G. CastelnuovoUniversità di RomaRomaItaly

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