Quaternions and small Lorentz groups in noncommutative electrodynamics

DOI10.1007/S00006-009-0174-3zbMATH Open1196.78008arXiv1109.1638OpenAlexW3106268131MaRDI QIDQ5962200FDOQ5962200

V. M. Red'kov, E. A. Tolkachev

Publication date: 21 September 2010

Published in: Advances in Applied Clifford Algebras (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Non-linear electrodynamics arising in the frames of field theories in noncommutative space-time is examined on the base of quaternion formalism. The problem of form-invariance of the corresponding nonlinear constitutive relations governed by six noncommutativity parameters $het{a}_{kl}$ or quaternion underline{K} = underline{ heta} - i underline{epsilon} is explored in detail. Two Abelian 2-parametric small groups, SO(2) otimes O(1.1) or T_{2}, depending on invariant length underline{K}^{2} eq 0 or underline{K}^{2}= 0 respectively, have been found. The way to interpret both small groups in physical terms consists in factorizing corresponding Lorentz transformations into Euclidean rotations and Lorentzian boosts. In the context of general study of various dual symmetries in noncommutative field theory, it is demonstrated explicitly that the nonlinear constitutive equations under consideration are not invariant under continuous dual rotations, instead only invariance under discrete dual transformation exists.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1109.1638

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Foundations in optics and electromagnetic theory (78A02)

Cited In (1)

• Quaternionic electrodynamics

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