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arxiv: 2606.03004 · v1 · pith:CML44JUNnew · submitted 2026-06-02 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc· math-ph· math.MP· quant-ph

Kinematical correlations via kappa-Poincar\'e coproducts

Mohammad Ali Gorji , Babak Vakili This is my paper

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keywords κ-Poincaréκ-Minkowskicoproductsclassical basismomentum correlationsdeformed kinematicsHopf algebraback-to-back states
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In the classical basis of κ-Minkowski spacetime, multiple preimages of a four-momentum are resolved by P_+ inside the coproduct, yielding branch-dependent back-to-back correlations under vanishing total momentum.

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The paper studies how coordinate choices on curved momentum space affect two-particle kinematics in κ-Poincaré Hopf algebra. In the bicrossproduct basis the map from plane-wave labels to translation eigenvalues is one-to-one, but in the classical basis the nonlinear relation between P_μ and p_μ can admit multiple real solutions at high momenta. When that happens the branch-sensitive quantity P_+ ≡ P_0 + P_4 = κ e^{p_0/κ} enters the coproduct and distinguishes the branches. Imposing the total-momentum constraint then produces distinct deformed correlation patterns depending on which branch is selected. A reader would care because the same constrained state can be read either as a single deformed product or as a superposition over auxiliary branches, depending on which variables are taken as physically meaningful.

Core claim

In the classical basis the nonlinear relation between translation eigenvalues P_μ and ordered-plane-wave labels p_μ can admit more than one real auxiliary preimage. The branch-sensitive quantity P_+ ≡ P_0 + P_4 = κ e^{p_0/κ} enters the coproduct and resolves the branches in two-particle states. Imposing the vanishing total-momentum constraint therefore gives branch-dependent κ-deformed back-to-back momentum correlations. In a single-branch regime this reduces to a deformed correlated product; in a multibranch regime a state specified only by P_μ expands into distinct auxiliary branches. If P_μ are taken as the directly meaningful momenta the physical content is the resulting deformed correla

What carries the argument

The branch-sensitive quantity P_+ ≡ P_0 + P_4 = κ e^{p_0/κ} that enters the coproduct to resolve multiple preimages of the classical-basis four-momentum.

If this is right

  • In the single-branch regime the constrained state reduces to a deformed correlated product of the two momenta.
  • In the multibranch regime a state fixed only by classical-basis P_μ expands into a sum over distinct auxiliary branches.
  • When P_μ are treated as the physical momenta the observable content is the branch-dependent correlation pattern.
  • When p_μ are treated as operationally meaningful the same state is a superposition over auxiliary branches.
  • Standard regular self-adjoint nonrelativistic minimal-length models lack any smooth local two-real-branch inversion on their physical domains.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The branch-resolution mechanism may appear in other Hopf-algebra deformations whenever the momentum-space coordinate map is locally many-to-one.
  • If high-momentum scattering experiments can isolate the classical basis, the predicted correlation patterns could be compared against data at energies where multiple preimages become accessible.
  • The absence of an analogous structure in minimal-length models indicates that the effect is tied to the specific form of the κ-Poincaré coproduct rather than to a generic minimal-length cutoff.

Load-bearing premise

The nonlinear map from ordered-plane-wave labels p_μ to classical-basis translation eigenvalues P_μ admits multiple real solutions in a high-momentum region and the coproduct can be applied in a branch-sensitive manner using P_+.

What would settle it

An explicit calculation of the coproduct in the classical basis for a four-momentum with two real preimages that shows the resulting two-particle state is insensitive to the choice of auxiliary branch when total momentum is set to zero.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.03004 by Babak Vakili, Mohammad Ali Gorji.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: The solid curves show f  p0/κ; r  , defined in (3.4), plotted versus p0/κ for fixed r ≡ |P⃗ |/κ (equivalently fixed r 2 = |P⃗ | 2/κ2 ). The horizontal lines indicate fixed values of P0/κ, so intersections solve (3.3) and correspond to real inverse branches p0(P0, P⃗ ). 3.2 From coproduct correlations to auxiliary branch expansions We now turn to the Hopf-algebraic input that ties the two subsystems toget… view at source ↗
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We study a kinematical consequence of the Hopf-algebraic momentum composition law in $\kappa$-Minkowski spacetime. The same curved momentum space can be described in different coordinates. In the bicrossproduct basis the ordered-plane-wave labels are the translation-generator eigenvalues, so the relevant map is one-to-one. In the classical basis, instead, the translation eigenvalues $P_\mu$ are nonlinearly related to the ordered-plane-wave labels $p_\mu$. This relation can fail to be globally one-to-one in a high-momentum region. When a given classical-basis four-momentum admits more than one real auxiliary preimage, the branch-sensitive quantity $P_+\equiv P_0+P_4=\kappa e^{p_0/\kappa}$ enters the coproduct and resolves the branches in two-particle states. Imposing the vanishing total-momentum constraint therefore gives branch-dependent $\kappa$-deformed back-to-back momentum correlations. In a single-branch regime this is just a deformed correlated product, while in a multibranch regime a state specified only by $P_\mu$ can be expanded into distinct auxiliary branches. If $P_\mu$ are taken as the directly meaningful momenta, the physical content is the resulting deformed correlation pattern. If the auxiliary variables $p_\mu$ are assigned operational meaning, the same constrained state can be interpreted as a superposition over different auxiliary branches. We also compare this structure with standard regular self-adjoint nonrelativistic minimal-length models and find no analogous smooth local two-real-branch inversion on their physical domains.

Editorial analysis

A structured set of objections, weighed in public.

Desk editor's note, referee report, simulated authors' rebuttal, and a circularity audit. Tearing a paper down is the easy half of reading it; the pith above is the substance, this is the friction.

Referee Report

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Summary. The paper claims that the nonlinear map from ordered-plane-wave labels p_μ to classical-basis translation eigenvalues P_μ in κ-Poincaré can fail to be globally one-to-one in high-momentum regions; when multiple real preimages exist, the branch-sensitive quantity P_+ ≡ P_0 + P_4 = κ e^{p_0/κ} enters the coproduct, producing branch-dependent κ-deformed back-to-back momentum correlations under the vanishing total-momentum constraint. In the single-branch regime this reduces to a deformed correlated product, while a multibranch regime allows a P_μ-specified state to be expanded over distinct auxiliary branches. The structure is contrasted with the bijective bicrossproduct basis and with nonrelativistic minimal-length models, which lack analogous smooth local two-real-branch inversions.

Significance. If the multi-branch inversion and its consistent use in the coproduct are rigorously established on the physical domain, the result supplies a concrete, falsifiable kinematical signature of the classical-basis κ-Poincaré coproduct that is absent from the bicrossproduct basis. The explicit comparison to nonrelativistic models is a strength, as it isolates a relativistic feature. The work is parameter-free once κ is fixed and yields directly testable correlation patterns.

major comments (2)
  1. [Abstract / classical-basis paragraph] Abstract and the paragraph introducing the classical basis: the central claim that the nonlinear relation P_μ(p_μ) “can fail to be globally one-to-one in a high-momentum region” and that P_+ “enters the coproduct and resolves the branches” is asserted without an explicit functional form of the map, a concrete numerical example of a four-momentum P with two distinct real preimages p, or the explicit coproduct formula demonstrating branch sensitivity. This is load-bearing for the branch-dependent correlations.
  2. [Section describing the coproduct application] The vanishing-total-momentum constraint is stated to produce branch-dependent correlations, yet no explicit two-particle coproduct expression (e.g., Δ(P_μ) or the action on |P, p⟩ states) is supplied to show how the choice of branch for P_+ alters the allowed momenta. Without this, it is impossible to verify that the correlations are genuinely branch-dependent rather than an artifact of the labeling.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] Notation for the auxiliary variables p_μ versus the directly meaningful P_μ should be introduced once and used consistently; the abstract alternates between “classical-basis four-momentum” and “auxiliary preimage” without a clear table of symbols.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

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We thank the referee for the careful and constructive report. The comments correctly identify that the central technical claims require more explicit supporting material to be fully verifiable. We will revise the manuscript accordingly by adding the requested explicit forms, numerical example, and coproduct expressions.

read point-by-point responses

  1. Referee: [Abstract / classical-basis paragraph] Abstract and the paragraph introducing the classical basis: the central claim that the nonlinear relation P_μ(p_μ) “can fail to be globally one-to-one in a high-momentum region” and that P_+ “enters the coproduct and resolves the branches” is asserted without an explicit functional form of the map, a concrete numerical example of a four-momentum P with two distinct real preimages p, or the explicit coproduct formula demonstrating branch sensitivity. This is load-bearing for the branch-dependent correlations.

    Authors: We agree that the abstract and introductory paragraph would benefit from greater explicitness. In the revised version we will state the explicit nonlinear map P_μ(p_μ), supply a concrete numerical example of a four-momentum P with two distinct real preimages, and include the relevant coproduct formula that shows the branch sensitivity of P_+. These additions will be placed in the classical-basis section and cross-referenced from the abstract. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Section describing the coproduct application] The vanishing-total-momentum constraint is stated to produce branch-dependent correlations, yet no explicit two-particle coproduct expression (e.g., Δ(P_μ) or the action on |P, p⟩ states) is supplied to show how the choice of branch for P_+ alters the allowed momenta. Without this, it is impossible to verify that the correlations are genuinely branch-dependent rather than an artifact of the labeling.

    Authors: We accept that an explicit two-particle coproduct expression is required to demonstrate the branch dependence. The revised manuscript will contain the explicit form of Δ(P_μ) together with its action on the states |P, p⟩, illustrating how distinct branches for P_+ produce different allowed momenta under the vanishing-total-momentum constraint. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity; standard coproduct applied to classical-basis labels yields stated correlations without self-referential reduction.

full rationale

The derivation applies the known κ-Poincaré coproduct to the classical-basis four-momenta P_μ whose nonlinear relation to auxiliary labels p_μ is taken as given by the basis choice. The branch-sensitive quantity P_+ is defined directly from that relation and inserted into the coproduct; no parameter is fitted to a data subset and then relabeled as a prediction, no self-citation supplies a uniqueness theorem or ansatz, and the resulting correlation pattern is not equivalent by construction to the input map. The paper is therefore self-contained against external benchmarks for the purpose of circularity analysis.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

1 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

The analysis rests on the standard κ-Poincaré Hopf algebra structure and the existence of two coordinate systems on the same curved momentum space; no additional free parameters or new postulated entities are introduced.

free parameters (1)
  • κ
    Fundamental deformation scale with dimensions of energy that sets the curvature of momentum space; treated as an input from the model rather than fitted inside the paper.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Momentum composition is governed by the κ-Poincaré coproduct in either the bicrossproduct or classical basis.
    This is the starting algebraic structure assumed throughout the abstract.

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