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New realizations of Lie algebra kappa-deformed Euclidean space
High Energy Physics - Theory · Submitted 13 May 2006 · 36 references
Pith's verdict: A solid, checkable extension of the kappa-Euclidean realization program: two infinite families plus star products, with a uniqueness claim in section 5 that is asserted more than derived.
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The paper argues that kappa-deformed Euclidean space with undeformed rotations and commuting vector derivatives is fixed uniquely, and that it can be written in infinitely many equivalent ways using ordinary commuting coordinates.
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What carries the argument
The load-bearing device is a constraint-matching scheme borrowed from deformed-oscillator Fock-space constructions: write the noncommuting coordinates as $x̂_i=x_iφ(A)$, $x̂_n=x_nψ(A)+iax_k∂_kγ(A)$ with $A=ia∂_n$, write the rotation generators and Dirac derivatives as similar finite ansätze with unknown functions, and then require (i) the coordinate algebra, (ii) the undeformed $SO_a(n)$ algebra, (iii) linear closure of $[M,x̂]$, (iv) the vector transformation law for $D_μ$, and (v) mutual commutativity $[D_μ,D_ν]=0$. Each requirement becomes an ordinary differential equation in $A$; the system is over-determined (eight equations for four functions), and the consistency conditions that survive are what select the two families. The star product then follows from the identification $f(x̂)|0>=f_φ(x)$ with $D_μ|0>=0$, giving a closed exponentiated form in family I and an order-by-order expansion otherwise, with left ordering ($φ=e^{-A}$), right ordering ($φ=1$) and symmetric ordering ($φ=A/(e^A-1)$) as the three distinguished members.
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Core claim
The central claim is that the Lie-algebra-type kappa-deformed Euclidean space — coordinates obeying $[x̂_μ,x̂_ν]=i(a_μx̂_ν-a_νx̂_μ)$ — together with an undeformed $SO_a(n)$ rotation algebra, commuting Dirac derivatives $D_μ$ that transform in the vector representation, and a smooth $a→0$ limit, is unique as an algebraic structure, and that this unique structure admits infinitely many realizations in terms of commuting coordinates $x_μ$ and derivatives $∂_μ$. Uniqueness is established by writing the most general rotation generator linear in $x$ and forming an infinite series in $∂$ (with four functions $F_1$–$F_4$ of $A=ia∂_n$), then demanding that the commutators $[M_{μν},x̂_λ]$ close linearly on $x̂$ and $M$; the extended Jacobi identities then force the single free choice $s=u=0$, $t=1$, giving $[M_{μν},x̂_λ]=x̂_μδ_{νλ}-x̂_νδ_{μλ}-ia_μM_{νλ}+ia_νM_{μλ}$. Imposing consistency of this with the coordinate ansatz yields two solution families: family I with $ψ=1$, $F_1=φe^{A}(2A)^{-1}...$ — more compactly, $ψ=1$ with $φ(A)$ arbitrary and $γ=φ'/φ+1$; and family II with $ψ=1+2A$, $φ=(C-1)/(C-√ψ)$, $C∈R$, $C≠1$. The same analysis produces the Dirac derivatives in each family, the invariant operator $◻$, and the universal relations $[D_μ,x̂_ν]=δ_{μν}√(1-a^2D^2)+iC_{μαν}D_α$ and $D_μD_μ=◻(1-a^2◻/4)$, $[◻,x̂_μ]=2D_μ$, which depend only on $a$ and not on which realization is used.
Load-bearing premise
The claim that the two families are exhaustive, and that the whole structure is unique, rests on ansätze that are asserted rather than derived: the authors explicitly restrict the rotation functions $F$ to depend only on $A=ia∂_n$ and not on $B=(ia)^2Δ$, saying they do so 'for simplicity'.
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If this is right
- Every previously studied realization of kappa-deformed Euclidean space — left, right and symmetric ordering — is recovered as a special case of the first family, so results obtained in different orderings can be translated into one another rather than compared as rival schemes.
- The commutator $[D_μ,x̂_ν]=δ_{μν}√(1-a^2D^2)+iC_{μαν}D_α$ is realization-independent, which means the generalized uncertainty relation and the minimal length $|a|/√2$ that follow from it in one dimension are features of the algebra itself, not of a chosen ordering.
- The invariant operator satisfies $D_μD_μ=◻(1-a^2◻/4)$, so the deformed Klein–Gordon equation can be written and solved in any realization, with the spectrum of $◻$ as the candidate physical content.
- The deformation sits entirely in the coalgebra: the algebra sector stays that of ordinary Poincaré, while the coproducts of $M_{μν}$ and $D_μ$ carry the $a$-dependence, so a Hopf-algebraic (twisted-symmetry) treatment of field theory on this space is available.
- Non-hermitian realizations can be made hermitian by symmetrising, $x̂_n^h=(x̂_n+x̂_n^†)/2$, and this redeformation preserves all commutation relations, so hermiticity is a convenience rather than a constraint on the construction.
Reading between the lines
- If the realization is genuinely analogous to a gauge choice, then any quantity with physical meaning — the spectrum of $◻$, the $S$-matrix of a deformed field theory — must come out the same in family I with arbitrary $φ$ and in family II. That is a sharp internal consistency test the paper sets up but does not carry out.
- The freedom to conjugate by $S=\exp\Phi(a∂)$ with $[x_μ∂_μ,Φ]=0$ suggests the space of realizations has the structure of a group acting on solutions; the two families would then be orbits, and the moduli (the function $φ$, the constant $C$) would be coordinates on that orbit space rather than independent physical scenarios.
- Because the unique algebraic structure is fixed by closure of the extended algebra rather than by any dynamical input, the same closure argument should apply verbatim to Minkowski signature and to arbitrary structure constants $C_{μνλ}$, connecting this construction to the universal ordering formula for general Lie algebras.
- The square-root commutator is the same shape that produces a minimal measurable length, so a natural next step is to ask whether the deformed d'Alembertian's spectrum predicts a modified dispersion relation at order $a^2$ that could in principle be constrained by propagation data.
Original abstract
We study Lie algebra $\kappa$-deformed Euclidean space with undeformed rotation algebra $SO_a(n)$ and commuting vectorlike derivatives. Infinitely many realizations in terms of commuting coordinates are constructed and a corresponding star product is found for each of them. The $\kappa$-deformed noncommutative space of the Lie algebra type with undeformed Poincar{\'e} algebra and with the corresponding deformed coalgebra is constructed in a unified way.
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We study Lie algebra $\kappa$-deformed Euclidean space with undeformed rotation algebra $SO_a(n)$ and commuting vectorlike derivatives. Infinitely many realizations in terms of commuting coordinates are constructed and a corresponding star product is found for each of them. The $\kappa$-deformed noncommutative space of the Lie algebra type with undeformed Poincar{\'e} algebra and with the corresponding deformed coalgebra is constructed in a unified way.
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| s0 | We study Lie algebra $\kappa$-deformed Euclidean space with undeformed rotation algebra $SO_a(n)$ and commuting vectorlike derivatives. | contribution 0.77 | 0.70 | 0.09 | asserted 0.96 |
| s1 | Infinitely many realizations in terms of commuting coordinates are constructed and a corresponding star product is found for each of them. | contribution 0.56 | 0.95 | 0.43 | asserted 1.00 |
| s2 | The $\kappa$-deformed noncommutative space of the Lie algebra type with undeformed Poincar{\'e} algebra and with the corresponding deformed coalgebra is constructed in a unified way. | contribution 0.87 | 0.88 | 0.39 | asserted 1.00 |
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35 arXiv papers cite this in 116 sentences
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In this paper we are establishing numerous results valuable from both, mathematical and physical point of view, generalizing previous results on realizations [ref] .
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The investigations carried out in this paper are along the track of developing general techiques of calculations, applicable for a widest possible class of NC spaces and as such are a continuation of the work done in a series of previous papers [ref] .
Kappa-deformed Snyder spacetime · Introduction · 0.84
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The investigations carried out in this paper are along the track of developing general techiques of calculations, applicable for a widest possible class of NC spaces and as such are a continuation of the work done in a series of previous papers [ref] , [ref] , [ref] , [ref] , [ref] , [ref] , [ref] .
Lie algebraic deformations of Minkowski space with Poincare algebra · Introduction · 0.87
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The approach we take here is to express the $κ$-deformed Laplacian in terms of the derivatives with respect to the commutative coordinates and deformation parameter, developed in [ref] .
Spectral Dimension of kappa-deformed space-time · Kappa-deformed Laplacian in Euclidean space-time · 0.99
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Once we have the coproduct ([ref]), we can straightforwardly construct a star product between two arbitrary fields $f$ and $g$ of commuting coordinates [ref] .
Scalar field propagation in the phi^4 kappa-Minkowski model · Hopf algebra and star product · 0.83
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For this, we consider the deformed coproduct for a fully covariant realization of the $κ$-Minkowski algebra [ref] .
Deformed Oscillator Algebras and QFT in $\kappa$-Minkowski Spacetime · Introduction · 0.80
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In this section we briefly summarise the results of [ref] relevant for the present study.
Newton's Equation on the kappa space-time and the Kepler problem · $κ$-space-time, symmetries and dispersion relation · 0.94
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In section 2.1 we review the results of Ref. [ref] which are important for the investigations carried out in this paper, including the notions of $κ$-deformed Euclidean space, its realizations in terms of commutative coordinates, and the realizations of the undeformed rotation algebra $SO_a(n)$ compatible with $κ$ deformation.
Kappa-Minkowski space-time and the star product realizations · Introduction · 0.96
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Generalized Klein-Gordon equation using the Casimir on $κ$-space is written as $□(1-a^2/4□)Φ(x)-m^2Φ(x)=0$ [ref] .
$\kappa$-deformed Dirac Equation · $κ$-Poincare Algebra · 0.85
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