Quantum Deformations of Einstein's Relativistic Symmetries
Abstract
We shall outline two ways of introducing the modification of Einstein's relativistic symmetries of special relativity theory - the Poincar\'{e} symmetries. The most complete way of introducing the modifications is via the noncocommutative Hopf-algebraic structure describing quantum symmetries. Two types of quantum relativistic symmetries are described, one with constant commutator of quantum Minkowski space coordinates (-deformation) and second with Lie-algebraic structure of quantum space-time, introducing so-called -deformation. The third fundamental constant of Nature - fundamental mass or length - appears naturally in proposed quantum relativistic symmetry scheme. The deformed Minkowski space is described as the representation space (Hopf-module) of deformed Poincar\'{e} algebra. Some possible perspectives of quantum-deformed relativistic symmetries will be outlined.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0604083,
title = {Quantum Deformations of Einstein's Relativistic Symmetries},
author = {Jerzy Lukierski},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0604083},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
LaTeX, 8 pages, AIP Proceedings style (included). Submitted to the Proceedings of Albert Einstein Century International Conference, July 18--22, 2005, Paris