Superalgebra and fermion-boson symmetry

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Abstract

Fermions and bosons are quite different kinds of particles, but it is possible to unify them in a supermultiplet, by introducing a new mathematical scheme called superalgebra. In this article we discuss the development of the concept of symmetry, starting from the rotational symmetry and finally arriving at this fermion-boson (FB) symmetry.

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Journal

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Proc Jpn Acad Ser B Phys Biol Sci

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, Phys. Biol. Sci

Journal ID (publisher-id): PJAB

Title: Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences

Publisher: The Japan Academy (Tokyo, Japan )

ISSN (Print): 0386-2208

ISSN (Electronic): 1349-2896

Publication date (Print): March 2010

Volume: 86

Issue: 3

Pages: 158-164

Affiliations

[*1 ]Professor emeritus, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Author notes

[† ]Correspondence should be addressed: H. Miyazawa, Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo 110-0003 (e-mail: miyazawa@ 123456phys.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp ).

Communicated by Toshimitsu Y amazaki, m.j.a.

Article

Publisher ID: pjab-86-158

DOI: 10.2183/pjab.86.158

PMC ID: 3417842

PubMed ID: 20228617

SO-VID: 92e37350-cbe7-45d5-a8c2-1bbcf269c3dc

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This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

History

Date received : 18 December 2009

Date accepted : 20 January 2010

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