Pathways to relativistic curved momentum spaces: de Sitter case study
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Author(s)
Amelino-Camelia, G
Gubitosi, G
Palmisano, G
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Several arguments suggest that the Planck scale could be the characteristic scale of curvature of momentum space. As other recent studies, we assume that the metric of momentum space determines the condition of on-shellness while the momentum space affine connection governs the form of the law of composition of momenta. We show that the possible choices of laws of composition of momenta are more numerous than the possible choices of affine connection on a momentum space. This motivates us to propose a new prescription for associating an affine connection to momentum composition, which we compare to the one most used in the recent literature. We find that the two prescriptions lead to the same picture of the so-called (Formula presented.)-momentum space, with de Sitter (dS) metric and (Formula presented.)-Poincaré connection. We then show that in the case of “proper dS momentum space”, with the dS metric and its Levi–Civita connection, the two prescriptions are inequivalent. Our novel prescription leads to a picture of proper dS momentum space which is DSR-relativistic and is characterized by a commutative law of composition of momenta, a possibility for which no explicit curved momentum space picture had been previously found. This momentum space can serve as laboratory for the exploration of the properties of DSR-relativistic theories which are not connected to group-manifold momentum spaces and Hopf algebras, and is a natural test case for the study of momentum spaces with commutative, and yet deformed, laws of composition of momenta.
Date Issued
2016-01-12
Date Acceptance
2015-11-06
Citation
International Journal of Modern Physics D, 2016, 25 (02)
ISSN
0218-2718
Publisher
World Scientific Publishing
Journal / Book Title
International Journal of Modern Physics D
Volume
25
Issue
02
Copyright Statement
© 2016 World Scientific Publishing. Electronic version of an article published as International Journal of Modern Physics D, 25 (02), 2016,DOI: 10.1142/S0218271816500279. Journal URL: http://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0218271816500279
Subjects
General relativity and quantum cosmology
High energy physics - theory
Nuclear & Particles Physics
Mathematical Physics
Astronomical And Space Sciences
Quantum Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
1650027