Contractions of the Maxwell algebra
High Energy Physics - Theory
2019-09-13 v2
Abstract
We construct all the possible non-relativistic, non-trivial, Galilei and Carroll k-contractions also known as k-1 p-brane contractions of the Maxwell algebra in space-time dimensions. has to do with the number of space-time dimensions one is contracting.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1904.00902,
title = {Contractions of the Maxwell algebra},
author = {Andrea Barducci and Roberto Casalbuoni and Joaquim Gomis},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1904.00902},
year = {2019}
}
Comments
20 pages, 2 figures. Published version. Notice the change of title