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Non-Commutativity of Effective Space-Time Coordinates and the Minimal Length

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-08-29 v1

Abstract

Considering that a position measurement can effectively involve a momentum-dependent shift and rescaling of the "true" space-time coordinates, we construct a set of effective space-time coordinates which are naturally non-commutative. They lead to a minimum length and are shown to be related to Snyder's coordinates and the five-dimensional formulation of Deformed Special Relativity. This effective approach then provides a natural physical interpretation for both the extra fifth dimension and the deformed momenta appearing in this context.

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@article{arxiv.0708.3813,
  title  = {Non-Commutativity of Effective Space-Time Coordinates and the Minimal Length},
  author = {Florian Girelli and Etera R. Livine},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.3813},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages

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