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Spin-Statistics Transmutation in Quantum Field Theory

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Spin-statistics transmutation is the phenomenon occurring when a “dressing” transformation introduced for physical reasons (e.g. gauge invariance) modifies the “bare” spin and statistics of particles or fields. Historically, it first appeared in Quantum Mechanics and in semiclassical approximation to Quantum Field Theory. After a brief historical introduction, we sketch how to describe such phenomenon in Quantum Field Theory beyond the semiclassical approximation, using a path-integral formulation of euclidean correlation functions, exemplifying with anyons, dyons and skyrmions.

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Marchetti, P.A. Spin-Statistics Transmutation in Quantum Field Theory. Found Phys 40, 746–764 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10701-009-9345-2

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