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Finite dimensional unitary representations of quantum Anti-de Sitter groups at roots of unity

q-alg 2009-10-30 v3 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study irreducible unitary \reps of Uq(SO(2,1))U_q(SO(2,1)) and Uq(SO(2,3))U_q(SO(2,3)) for qq a root of unity, which are finite dimensional. Among others, unitary \reps corresponding to all classical one-particle representations with integral weights are found for q=eiπ/Mq = e^{i \pi /M}, with MM being large enough. In the "massless" case with spin bigger than or equal to 1 in 4 dimensions, they are unitarizable only after factoring out a subspace of "pure gauges", as classically. A truncated associative tensor product describing unitary many-particle representations is defined for q=eiπ/Mq = e^{i\pi /M}.

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@article{arxiv.q-alg/9611009,
  title  = {Finite dimensional unitary representations of quantum Anti-de Sitter groups at roots of unity},
  author = {Harold Steinacker},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-alg/9611009},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

More systematic proof of statements on the structure of irreps, some typos corrected. 25 pages LaTeX, 4 figures included using epsf. To appear in Comm. Math. Phys