Index of subfactors and statistics of quantum fields. I

We identify the statistical dimension of a superselection sector in a local quantum field theory with the square root of the index of a localized endomorphism of the quasi-local C*-algebra that represents the sector. As a consequence in a two-dimensional theory the possible values of the statistical dimension below 2 are restricted to a given discrete set.

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