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Path integral action of a particle in $\kappa$-Minkowski spacetime

General Physics 2018-06-27 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this letter, we derive the path integral action of a particle in κ\kappa-Minkowski spacetime. The equation of motion for an arbitrary potential due to the κ\kappa-deformation of the Minkowski spacetime is then obtained. The action contains a dissipative term which owes its origin to the κ\kappa-Minkowski deformation parameter aa. We take the example of the harmonic oscillator and obtain the frequency of oscillations in the path integral approach as well as operator approach upto the first order in the deformation parameter aa. For studying this, we start with the κ\kappa-deformed dispersion relation which is invariant under the undeformed κ\kappa-Poincareˊ\acute{e} algebra and take the non-relativistic limit of the κ\kappa-deformed dispersion relation to find the Hamiltonian. The propagator for the free particle in the κ\kappa-Minkowski spacetime is also computed explicitly. In the limit, a0a\rightarrow 0, the commutative results are recovered.

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@article{arxiv.1802.00720,
  title  = {Path integral action of a particle in $\kappa$-Minkowski spacetime},
  author = {Ravikant Verma and Debabrata Ghorai and Sunandan Gangopadhyay},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.00720},
  year   = {2018}
}

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5 pages, To appear in Euro.Phys. Lett