Clifford fibrations and possible kinematics

DOI10.3842/SIGMA.2009.072zbMATH Open1193.83036arXiv0907.2394MaRDI QIDQ970254FDOQ970254

Alan S. McRae

Publication date: 17 May 2010

Published in: SIGMA. Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Following Herranz and Santander [Herranz F.J., Santander M., Mem. Real Acad. Cienc. Exact. Fis. Natur. Madrid 32 (1998), 59-84, physics/9702030] we will construct homogeneous spaces based on possible kinematical algebras and groups [Bacry H., Levy-Leblond J.-M., J. Math. Phys. 9 (1967), 1605-1614] and their contractions for 2-dimensional spacetimes. Our construction is different in that it is based on a generalized Clifford fibration: Following Penrose [Penrose R., Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York, 2005] we will call our fibration a Clifford fibration and not a Hopf fibration, as our fibration is a geometrical construction. The simple algebraic properties of the fibration describe the geometrical properties of the kinematical algebras and groups as well as the spacetimes that are derived from them. We develop an algebraic framework that handles all possible kinematic algebras save one, the static algebra.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.2394

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zbMATH Keywords

Hopf fibrationkinematicClifford fibration

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite-dimensional groups and algebras motivated by physics and their representations (81R05) Spinor and twistor methods in general relativity and gravitational theory; Newman-Penrose formalism (83C60) Clifford algebras, spinors (15A66) Differential geometric aspects in kinematics (53A17)

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