On the relation between fractional charge and statistics
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We revisit an argument, originally given by Kivelson and Roček, for why the existence of fractional charge necessarily implies fractional statistics. In doing so, we resolve a contradiction in the original argument, and in the case of a \nu = 1/mν=1/m Laughlin holes, we also show that the standard relation between fractional charge and statistics is necessary by an argument based on a t’Hooft anomaly in a one-form global \mathcal{Z}_m𝒵m symmetry.
Journal: SciPost Physics