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Noncommutative Geometry and Gravity
High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 6 Oct 2005 · 57 references
Pith's verdict: A solid general-twist framework paper whose Einstein equation rests on an unpublished companion paper for the one ingredient that makes it definite.
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The paper claims
A general twist deformation of infinitesimal diffeomorphisms yields a coordinate-independent noncommutative Riemannian geometry and a candidate noncommutative Einstein equation.
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Core claim
The paper constructs a coordinate-independent differential geometry on a star-product algebra of functions, covariant under deformed infinitesimal diffeomorphisms, and derives a noncommutative vacuum Einstein equation Ric minus one half g star R equals zero (Eq. 7.11), with torsion, curvature, and Ricci defined as left module maps. If correct, this gives a general framework for gravity on noncommutative manifolds for any twist, covering Moyal-Weyl, quantum-plane, Jordanian, and superspace cases as special cases.
Load-bearing premise
The existence and uniqueness of a torsion-free, metric-compatible star-connection (the noncommutative Levi-Civita connection), which is required to define the scalar curvature R in Eq. 7.9 and hence the Einstein equation 7.11. Section 7 asserts it by citation: 'Consider now the connection that has vanishing torsion and that is metric compatible, nabla-star_u g = 0. See [44].' Reference [44] is listed as 'P. Aschieri et al. In preparation.' The same unpublished source is cited for the left A-star-linearity of torsion and curvature (Section 6), which is what makes them tensors rather than arbitrary maps.
Original abstract
We study a deformation of infinitesimal diffeomorphisms of a smooth manifold. The deformation is based on a general twist. This leads to a differential geometry on a noncommutative algebra of functions whose product is a star-product. The class of noncommutative spaces studied is very rich. Non-anticommutative superspaces are also briefly considered. The differential geometry developed is covariant under deformed diffeomorphisms and it is coordinate independent. The main target of this work is the construction of Einstein's equations for gravity on noncommutative manifolds.
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We study a deformation of infinitesimal diffeomorphisms of a smooth manifold. The deformation is based on a general twist. This leads to a differential geometry on a noncommutative algebra of functions whose product is a star-product. The class of noncommutative spaces studied is very rich. Non-anticommutative superspaces are also briefly considered. The differential geometry developed is covariant under deformed diffeomorphisms and it is coordinate independent. The main target of this work is the construction of Einstein's equations for gravity on noncommutative manifolds.
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| s0 | We study a deformation of infinitesimal diffeomorphisms of a smooth manifold. | contribution 0.98 | 0.91 | 0.02 | asserted 0.95 |
| s1 | The deformation is based on a general twist. | method 0.92 | 0.54 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | This leads to a differential geometry on a noncommutative algebra of functions whose product is a star-product. | method 0.52 | 0.78 | 0.05 | asserted 1.00 |
| s3 | The class of noncommutative spaces studied is very rich. | result 0.51 | 0.43 | 0.02 | asserted 1.00 |
| s4 | Non-anticommutative superspaces are also briefly considered. | contribution 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.02 | asserted 0.93 |
| s5 | The differential geometry developed is covariant under deformed diffeomorphisms and it is coordinate independent. | result 0.74 | 0.88 | 0.07 | asserted 1.00 |
| s6 | The main target of this work is the construction of Einstein's equations for gravity on noncommutative manifolds. | contribution 0.85 | 0.41 | 0.21 | asserted 0.93 |
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86 arXiv papers cite this in 199 sentences
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This section builds and expands on the nonassociative differential geometry machinery developed by [ref] , and on the noncommutative geometry techniques and results of [ref] .
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We use a minor generalization of the formalism of [ref] and define the metric $g∈Ω⊗_⋆Ω$ to be a hermitian and nondegenerate tensor.
Field Theory on Curved Noncommutative Spacetimes · NC geometry from Drinfel'd twists · 0.81
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This formalism generalizes the one previously studied by [ref] of Drinfeld twists applied to the canonical Hopf algebra of the universal enveloping algebra of vector fields.
Gauge theory models on $\kappa$-Minkowski space: Results and prospects · Outlook. · 0.92
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Our work is based on the approach outlined in [ref] , where a noncommutative gravity theory based on an arbitrary twist deformation is established.
Symmetry Reduction in Twisted Noncommutative Gravity with Applications to Cosmology and Black Holes · Introduction · 0.87
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=1 In this work we follow the formulation proposed by Julius Wess and his group [ref] to describe NC gravity and field theories.
Field Theory on Curved Noncommutative Spacetimes · Introduction · 1.00
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In this paper we use the methods of noncommutative geometry and noncommutative gravity [ref] first to recapitulate a construction of the NC scalar and gauge field model from the reference [ref] and then to generalize it to the second order in the Seiberg-Witten map [ref] .
Noncommutative Reissner-Nordstr\"om black hole from noncommutative charged scalar field · Introduction · 0.83
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The expression [ref] for the curvature agrees with that of [ref] after taking into account their different conventions;[We are grateful to Michael Fuchs for pointing this out to us.] for trivial associator it reduces to the general expression in [ref] .
Nonassociative differential geometry and gravity with non-geometric fluxes · Curvature · 1.00
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This is the reverse statement to the one found in [ref] , namely that the cocycle condition leads to associative star product.
Twists, realizations and Hopf algebroid structure of kappa-deformed phase space · Twist operator · 0.93
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(3.7) (3.9), (3.10) in [ref] ; indeed the quantum Lie algebras presented here and there are isomorphic via $^-1$ (cf. also [ref] ).
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Property iii) holds because it is equivalent to equation (4.6) in [ref] (just apply $$ to (4.6)).
Observables and Dispersion Relations in k-Minkowski Spacetime · Quantum Symmetries and Quantum Lie algebras · 0.96
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Thirdly, as pointed out in [ref] , homothetic Killing vector fields play an important role in constructing exact solutions of the NC Einstein equations [ref] .
QFT on homothetic Killing twist deformed curved spacetimes · Introduction · 0.97
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In section [ref] we briefly review the noncommutative Riemannian geometry and Einstein equations of [ref] .
Cosmological and Black Hole Spacetimes in Twisted Noncommutative Gravity · Introduction · 0.89
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More details can be found in [ref] .
Symmetry Reduction in Twisted Noncommutative Gravity with Applications to Cosmology and Black Holes · Basics of Twisted Differential Geometry and Gravity · 0.98
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We will give an introductory overview of the noncommutative gravity theory developed in [ref] .
Symmetry Reduction and Exact Solutions in Twisted Noncommutative Gravity · Introduction · 0.93
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