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A non-commutative Minkowskian spacetime from a quantum AdS algebra

arXiv:hep-th/0306089 · doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.09.014

Abstract

A quantum deformation of the conformal algebra of the Minkowskian spacetime in dimensions is identified with a deformation of the -dimensional AdS algebra. Both Minkowskian and AdS first-order non-commutative spaces are explicitly obtained, and the former coincides with the well known -Minkowski space. Next, by working in the conformal basis, a new non-commutative Minkowskian spacetime is constructed through the full (all orders) dual quantum group spanned by deformed Poincaré and dilation symmetries. Although Lorentz invariance is lost, the resulting non-commutative spacetime is quantum group covariant, preserves space isotropy and, furthermore, can be interpreted as a generalization of the -Minkowski space in which a variable fundamental scale (Planck length) appears.

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