Angular Momentum Quantization of a Charge-flux Composite: Quantum Electrodynamic Approach
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2607.20283v1
- Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:30:08 GMT
- Title: Angular Momentum Quantization of a Charge-flux Composite: Quantum Electrodynamic Approach
- Abstract summary: The fractional angular momentum of a two-dimensional charge-flux composite is a well-established phenomenon.<n>However, when the composite is treated as an isolated system in free two-dimensional space, the fundamental rotational and reflection symmetries of the $O(2)$ group demand that its total angular momentum is strictly quantized.<n>We demonstrate that the interaction between the charge and flux, mediated by the vacuum electromagnetic field, generates an intrinsic interaction angular momentum.
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- Abstract: The fractional angular momentum of a two-dimensional charge-flux composite is a well-established phenomenon usually derived from a semiclassical Hamiltonian. However, when the composite is treated as an isolated system in free two-dimensional space, the fundamental rotational and reflection symmetries of the $O(2)$ group demand that its total angular momentum is strictly quantized. We address this conceptual discrepancy by applying a full quantum electrodynamic (QED) approach combined with Noether's theorem. We demonstrate that the interaction between the charge and flux, mediated by the vacuum electromagnetic field, generates an intrinsic interaction angular momentum composed of both field momentum and hidden relativistic momentum. This gauge-invariant interaction angular momentum exactly compensates for the fractional part of the kinetic angular momentum. Consequently, the net angular momentum of the composite strictly follows the integer or half-integer quantization rule. Our formalism clarifies that the conventional fractional spin corresponds to the expectation value of the kinetic angular momentum within the perturbed QED ground state. It also elucidates why the standard classical field angular momentum definition fails to capture this in two dimensions, due to non-vanishing boundary terms.
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