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Noncommutative geometry of angular momentum space U(su(2))

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2 Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We study the standard angular momentum algebra [xi,xj]=iλϵijkxk[x_i,x_j]=i\lambda \epsilon_{ijk}x_k as a noncommutative manifold Rλ3R^3_\lambda. We show that there is a natural 4D differential calculus and obtain its cohomology and Hodge * operator. We solve the spin 0 wave equation and some aspects of the Maxwell or electromagnetic theory including solutions for a uniform electric current density, and we find a natural Dirac operator. We embed Rλ3R^3_\lambda inside a 4D noncommutative spacetime which is the limit q1q\to 1 of q-Minkowski space and show that Rλ3R^3_\lambda has a natural quantum isometry group given by the quantum double D(U(su(2)))D(U(su(2))) as a singular limit of the qq-Lorentz group. We view Rλ3\R^3_\lambda as a collection of all fuzzy spheres taken together. We also analyse the semiclassical limit via minimum uncertainty states j,θ,ϕ>|j,\theta,\phi> approximating classical positions in polar coordinates.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0205128,
  title  = {Noncommutative geometry of angular momentum space U(su(2))},
  author = {E. Batista and S. Majid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0205128},
  year   = {2014}
}

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Minor revision to add reference [11]. 37 pages latex

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