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The Beltrami Model of De Sitter Space: From Snyder's quantized space-time to de Sitter invariant relativity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

In terms of the Beltrami model of de Sitter space we show that there is an interchangeable relation between Snyder's quantized space-time model in dS-space of momenta at the Planck length P=(Gc3)1/2\ell_P=(G\hbar c^{-3})^{1/2} and the dS-invariant special relativity in dS-spacetime of radius R(3Λ1)1/2R\simeq(3\Lambda^{-1})^{1/2}, which is another fundamental length related to the cosmological constant. Here, the cosmological constant Λ\Lambda is regarded as a fundamental constant together with the speed of light cc, Newton constant GG and Planck constant \hbar. Furthermore, the physics at two fundamental scales of length, the \dS-radius RR and the Planck length P\ell_P, should be dual to each other and linked via the gravity with local dS-invariance characterized by a dimensionless coupling constant g=3P/R(Gc3Λ)1/21061g= \sqrt{3} \ell_P/R\simeq(G\hbar c^{-3}\Lambda)^{1/2}\sim 10^{-61}.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0607017,
  title  = {The Beltrami Model of De Sitter Space: From Snyder's quantized space-time to de Sitter invariant relativity},
  author = {Han-Ying Guo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0607017},
  year   = {2007}
}

Comments

15 pages. Invited talk given at `International workshop on noncommutative geometry and physics', Beijing, Nov. 7-10, 2005. To appear in the proceedings