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Noninertial symmetry group with invariant Minkowski line element consistent with Heisenberg quantum commutation relations

Mathematical Physics 2011-05-09 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

The maximal symmetry of a quantum system with Heisenberg commutation relations is given by the projective representations of the automorphism group of the Weyl-Heisenberg algebra. The automorphism group is the central extension of the inhomogeneous symplectic group with a conformal scaling that acts on extended phase space. We determine the subgroup that also leaves invariant a degenerate orthogonal Minkowski line element. This defines noninertial relativistic symmetry transformations that have the expected classical limit as c becomes infinite.

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@article{arxiv.0806.2454,
  title  = {Noninertial symmetry group with invariant Minkowski line element consistent with Heisenberg quantum commutation relations},
  author = {Stephen G. Low},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.2454},
  year   = {2011}
}

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Proceedings of the 28th International Colloquium on Group-Theoretical Methods in Physics, 26-30 July 2010, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

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