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Non-commutative space-time of Doubly Special Relativity theories

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v1

Abstract

Doubly Special Relativity (DSR) theory is a recently proposed theory with two observer-independent scales (of velocity and mass), which is to describe a kinematic structure underlining the theory of Quantum Gravity. We observe that there is infinitely many DSR constructions of the energy-momentum sector, each of whose can be promoted to the κ\kappa-Poincar\'e quantum (Hopf) algebra. Then we use the co-product of this algebra and the known construction of κ\kappa-deformed phase space via Heisenberg double in order to derive the non-commutative space-time structure and description of the whole of the DSR phase space. Next we show that contrary to the ambiguous structure of the energy momentum sector, the space-time of the DSR theory is unique and equivalent to the theory with non-commutative space-time proposed long ago by Snyder. This theory provides non-commutative version of Minkowski space-time enjoying ordinary Lorentz symmetry. It turns out that when one builds a natural phase space on this space-time, its intrinsic length parameter \ell becomes observer-independent.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0204245,
  title  = {Non-commutative space-time of Doubly Special Relativity theories},
  author = {Jerzy Kowalski-Glikman and Sebastian Nowak},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0204245},
  year   = {2009}
}

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9 pages, Revtex 4