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    Fractal index, central charge and fractons

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    We introduce the notion of fractal index associated with the universal class hh of particles or quasiparticles, termed fractons, which obey specific fractal statistics. A connection between fractons and conformal field theory(CFT)-quasiparticles is established taking into account the central charge c[ν]c[\nu] and the particle-hole duality ν1ν\nu\longleftrightarrow\frac{1}{\nu}, for integer-value ν\nu of the statistical parameter. In this way, we derive the Fermi velocity in terms of the central charge as vc[ν]ν+1v\sim\frac{c[\nu]}{\nu+1}. The Hausdorff dimension hh which labelled the universal classes of particles and the conformal anomaly are therefore related. Following another route, we also established a connection between Rogers dilogarithm function, Farey series of rational numbers and the Hausdorff dimension.Comment: latex, 12 pages, To appear in Mod. Phys. Lett. A (2000

    A quantum-geometrical description of fracton statistics

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    We consider the fractal characteristic of the quantum mechanical paths and we obtain for any universal class of fractons labeled by the Hausdorff dimension defined within the interval 1 < < hh < < 2 2, a fractal distribution function associated with a fractal von Neumann entropy. Fractons are charge-flux systems defined in two-dimensional multiply connected space and they carry rational or irrational values of spin. This formulation can be considered in the context of the fractional quantum Hall effect-FQHE and number theory.Comment: Typos corrected, latex, 8 pages, Talk given at the 2nd International Londrina Winter School: Mathematical Methods in Physics, August, 26-30 (2002), Universidade Estadual de Londrina, Paran\'a, Brazil. Version to be published in Int. J. Mod. Phys. {\bf A}, (2003
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