title: Anyons from strings.
abstract: The Nambu-Goto string in a three-dimensional (3D) Minkowski spacetime is quantized preserving Lorentz invariance and parity. The spectrum of massive states contains anyons. An ambiguity in the ground state energy is resolved by the 3D N=1 Green-Schwarz superstring, which has massless ground states describing a dilaton and dilatino, and first-excited states of spin 1/4.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124, USA.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Mezincescu
authors.forename: Paul K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Townsend