GLOBAL EFFECTS IN QUATERNIONIC QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY

Authors
BRUMBY SP JOSHI GC
Citation
Sp. Brumby et Gc. Joshi, GLOBAL EFFECTS IN QUATERNIONIC QUANTUM-FIELD THEORY, Foundations of physics, 26(12), 1996, pp. 1591-1599
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Foundations of physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00159018
Volume
26
Issue
12
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1591 - 1599
Database
ISI
SICI code
0015-9018(1996)26:12<1591:GEIQQT>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
We present some striking global consequences of a model quaternionic q uantum field theory which is locally complex. We show how making the q uaternionic structure a dynamical quantity naturally leads to the pred iction of cosmic strings and nonbaryonic hot dark matter candidates.