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Scattering states of plektons (particles with braid group statistics) in 2+1 dimensional quantum field theory

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A Haag-Ruelle scattering theory for particles with braid group statistics is developed, and the arising structure of the Hilbert space of multiparticle states is analyzed.

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  1. II. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg, D-22761, Hamburg, Germany

    Klaus Fredenhagen

  2. Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Silver Street, CB3 9EW, Cambridge, UK

    Matthias R. Gaberdiel

  3. Informatik, Sekr. FR 5-9, TU Berlin, D-10587, Berlin, Germany

    Stefan M. Rüger

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Communicated by G. Felder

Partly supported by ‘Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes’.

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Fredenhagen, K., Gaberdiel, M.R. & Rüger, S.M. Scattering states of plektons (particles with braid group statistics) in 2+1 dimensional quantum field theory. Commun.Math. Phys. 175, 319–335 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02102411

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