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Gauge theories on the kappa-Minkowski spacetime

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v2

Abstract

This study of gauge field theories on kappa-deformed Minkowski spacetime extends previous work on field theories on this example of a noncommutative spacetime. We construct deformed gauge theories for arbitrary compact Lie groups using the concept of enveloping algebra-valued gauge transformations and the Seiberg-Witten formalism. Derivative-valued gauge fields lead to field strength tensors as the sum of curvature- and torsion-like terms. We construct the Lagrangians explicitly to first order in the deformation parameter. This is the first example of a gauge theory that possesses a deformed Lorentz covariance.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0310116,
  title  = {Gauge theories on the kappa-Minkowski spacetime},
  author = {Marija Dimitrijevic and Frank Meyer and Lutz Möller and Julius Wess},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0310116},
  year   = {2007}
}

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17 pages, few minor revisions