A scale-covariant quantum spacetime

DOI10.1142/S0129055X14500068zbMATH Open1305.81106arXiv1211.7050OpenAlexW3102989379MaRDI QIDQ2925852FDOQ2925852

Gabriele Nunzio Tornetta, Claudio Perini

Publication date: 29 October 2014

Published in: Reviews in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A noncommutative space-time admitting dilation symmetry was briefly mentioned in the seminal work of Doplicher, Fredenhagen and Roberts. In this paper we explicitly construct the model in details and carry out an in-depth analysis. The C*-algebra that describes this quantum space-time is determined, and it is shown that it admits an action by *-automorphisms of the dilation group, along with the expected Poincar'e covariance. In order to study the main physical properties of this scale-covariant model, a free scalar neutral field is introduced as a investigation tool. Our key results are then the loss of locality and the irreducibility, or triviality, of special field algebras associated with regions of the ordinary Minkowski space-time. It turns out, in the conclusions, that this analysis allows also to argue on viable ways of constructing a full conformally covariant model for quantum space-time.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1211.7050

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zbMATH Keywords

scale covariancequantum spacetimealgebraic quantum field theoryDFR model

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Axiomatic quantum field theory; operator algebras (81T05) Applications of selfadjoint operator algebras to physics (46L60) Noncommutative geometry methods in quantum field theory (81T75) Applications of operator algebras to the sciences (47L90)

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• Quantum spacetime, quantum geometry and Planck scales
• Quantum Spacetime and Algebraic Quantum Field Theory

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