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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Pith's verdict: A solid general-twist framework paper whose Einstein equation rests on an unpublished companion paper for the one ingredient that makes it definite.

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CitationFrank Meyer, Julius Wess, Marija Dimitrijevic, Paolo Aschieri. "Noncommutative Geometry and Gravity." arXiv:hep-th/0510059 (2005). https://pith.science/paper/ANNDDXNN
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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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Ordinary gravity is written in the language of smooth manifolds: points, coordinates, vector fields, a metric, a connection, and curvature. This paper asks what happens to that language if the algebra of functions on the manifold is deformed so that coordinates no longer commute, using a Drinfeld twist of the Lie algebra of vector fields. The twist is a general object, so the construction covers Moyal-Weyl noncommutativity, quantum-plane-like products, Jordanian deformations, and even non-anticommutative superspace as special cases. The authors build the deformed analogues of vector fields, one-forms, tensor fields, a covariant derivative, torsion, curvature, and a Ricci tensor, all as left module maps over the deformed algebra of functions. They then define a metric as a star-symmetric element of the star-tensor product of one-forms, define scalar curvature by contracting the Ricci map with the inverse metric, and write down a noncommutative Einstein equation in vacuum. The claim is that the whole package is covariant under deformed infinitesimal diffeomorphisms and does not depend on a choice of coordinates. The paper is a framework construction, not a test: it does not compare to data or produce a number that an experiment could check. Several of the supporting lemmas, notably the existence of a torsion-free metric-compatible connection and the left linearity of torsion and curvature, are cited to a companion paper listed as in preparation rather than proved here.
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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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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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