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Topological spin-statistics relation in quantum field theory

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The concepts of Bopp-Haag multiple-valued quantization and Dirac-Finkelstein-Rubinstein rubber bands are refined and abstracted in order to develop a topological theory of the connection between spin and statistics in a general framework of quantum field theory.

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Tscheuschner, R.D. Topological spin-statistics relation in quantum field theory. Int J Theor Phys 28, 1269–1310 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00669348

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