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Polyhedron phase space using 2-groups: kappa-Poincare as a Poisson 2-group

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-05-25 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We construct a phase space for a three dimensional cellular complex with decorations on edges and faces using crossed modules (strict 2-groups) equipped with a (non-trivial) Poisson structure. We do not use the most general crossed module, but only the ones where the target map (t-map) is trivial. As a particular case, we recover that deformations of the Poincare group can be exported to deformations of the Poincare 2-group. The kappa-deformation case provides a natural candidate for describing discrete geometries with curved edge decorations (but still flat face decorations). Our construction generalizes the classical phase space defined in [5] for a 3d triangulation in terms of an un-deformed Poincare 2-group.

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@article{arxiv.2105.10616,
  title  = {Polyhedron phase space using 2-groups: kappa-Poincare as a Poisson 2-group},
  author = {Florian Girelli and Matteo Laudonio and Panagiotis Tsimiklis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.10616},
  year   = {2021}
}

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54 pages, 21 figures