Anatomy of a deformed symmetry: field quantization on curved momentum space

Abstract

In certain scenarios of deformed relativistic symmetries relevant for non-commutative field theories particles exhibit a momentum space described by a non-abelian group manifold. Starting with a formulation of phase space for such particles which allows for a generalization to include group valued momenta we discuss quantization of the corresponding field theory. Focusing on the particular case of kappa-deformed phase space we construct the one-particle Hilbert space and show how curvature in momentum space leads to an ambiguity in the quantization procedure reminiscent of the ambiguities one finds when quantizing fields in curved space-times. The tools gathered in the discussion on quantization allow for a clear definition of the basic deformed field mode operators and two-point function for kappa-quantum fields.

arXiv commentRevTeX, 15 pages, no figures. v2 typos corrected and minor cosmetic modifications, v3 to appear on Phys. Rev. D

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