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arxiv: 1109.6190 · v2 · pith:DQPNG3L7new · submitted 2011-09-28 · 🧮 math-ph · gr-qc· hep-th· math.MP· math.QA

Newtonian gravity on quantum spacetime

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The bicrossproduct model \lambda-Minkowski (or `\kappa-Minkowski') quantum spacetime has an anomaly for the action of the Poincar\'e quantum group which was resolved by an extra cotangent direction \theta' not visible classically. We show that gauging a coefficient of \theta' introduces gravity into the model. We solve and analyse the model nonrelativisticaly in a 1/r potential, finding an induced constant term in the effective potential energy and a weakening and separation of the effective gravitational and inertial masses as the test particle Klein-Gordon mass increases. The present work is intended as a proof of concept but the approach could be relevant to an understanding of dark energy and possibly to macroscopic quantum systems.

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