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Deformed Minkowski spaces: clasification and properties

q-alg 2008-11-26 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory Quantum Algebra

Abstract

Using general but simple covariance arguments, we classify the `quantum' Minkowski spaces for dimensionless deformation parameters. This requires a previous analysis of the associated Lorentz groups, which reproduces a previous classification by Woronowicz and Zakrzewski. As a consequence of the unified analysis presented, we give the commutation properties, the deformed (and central) length element and the metric tensor for the different spacetime algebras.

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@article{arxiv.q-alg/9510011,
  title  = {Deformed Minkowski spaces: clasification and properties},
  author = {J. A. de Azcarraga and F. Rodenas},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:q-alg/9510011},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Some comments/misprints have been added/corrected, to appear in Journal of Physics A (1996)

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