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QFT with Twisted Poincar\'e Invariance and the Moyal Product

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-10-27 v2

Abstract

We study the consequences of twisting the Poincare invariance in a quantum field theory. First, we construct a Fock space compatible with the twisting and the corresponding creation and annihilation operators. Then, we show that a covariant field linear in creation and annihilation operators does not exist. Relaxing the linearity condition, a covariant field can be determined. We show that it is related to the untwisted field by a unitary transformation and the resulting n-point functions coincide with the untwisted ones. We also show that invariance under the twisted symmetry can be realized using the covariant field with the usual product or by a non-covariant field with a Moyal product. The resulting S-matrix elements are shown to coincide with the untwisted ones up to a momenta dependent phase.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0703245,
  title  = {QFT with Twisted Poincar\'e Invariance and the Moyal Product},
  author = {E. Joung and J. Mourad},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0703245},
  year   = {2010}
}

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11 pages, references added