We investigate a Lie algebra-type κ-deformed Minkowski spacetime with undeformed Lorentz algebra and mutually commutative vector-like Dirac derivatives. There are infinitely many realizations of κ-Minkowski space. The coproduct and the star product corresponding to each of them are found. An explicit connection between realizations and orderings is established and the relation between the coproduct and the star product, provided through an exponential map, is proved. Utilizing the properties of the natural realization, we construct a scalar field theory on κ-deformed Minkowski space and show that it is equivalent to the scalar, nonlocal, relativistically invariant field theory on the ordinary Minkowski space. This result is universal and does not depend on the realizations, i.e. orderings used.
We implement the concept of Wilson renormalization in the context of simple quantum-mechanical systems. The attractive inverse square potential leads to a 0 function with a nontrivial ultraviolet stable fixed point and the Hulthen potential exhibits both ultraviolet and infrared stable fixed points. We also discuss the implementation of the Wilson scheme in the broader context of one-dimensional potential problems. The possibility of an analogue of Zamolodchikov's C function in these systems is also discussed.PACS number(s1: 03.65.Ca
We develop elementary canonical methods for the quantization of abelian and nonabelian Chern-Simons actions using well known ideas in gauge theories and quantum gravity. Our approach does not involve choice of gauge or clever manipulations of functional integrals. When the spatial slice is a disc, it yields Witten's edge states carrying a representation of the Kac-Moody algebra. The canonical expression for the generators of diffeomorphisms on the boundary of the disc are also found, and it is established that they are the Chern-Simons version of the Sugawara construction. This paper is a prelude to our future publications on edge states, sources, vertex operators, and their spin and statistics in 3d and 4d topological field theories.
We consider the issue of statistics for identical particles or fields in κ-deformed spaces, where the system admits a symmetry group G. We obtain the twisted flip operator compatible with the action of the symmetry group, which is relevant for describing particle statistics in presence of the noncommutativity. It is shown that for a special class of realizations, the twisted flip operator is independent of the ordering prescription. I. INTRODUCTIONNoncommutative geometry is a plausible candidate for describing physics at the Planck scale, a simple model of which is given by the Moyal plane [1]. The models of noncommutative spacetime that follow from combining general relativity and uncertainty principle can be much more general [2]. An example of this more general class is provided by the κ-deformed space [3,4,5], which is based on a Lie algebra type noncommutativity. Apart from its algebraic aspects [6,7,8,9,10,11], various features of field theories and symmetries on κ-deformed spaces have recently been studied [12,13,14,15,16]. Such a space has also been discussed in the context of doubly special relativity [17,18,19].The issue of particle statistics plays a central role in the quantum description of a many-body system or field theory. This issue has naturally arisen in the context of noncommutative quantum mechanics and field theory [20,21,22,23,24]. In the noncommutative case, the issue of statistics is closely related to the symmetry of the noncommutative spacetime on which the dynamics is being studied. If a symmetry acts on a noncommutative spacetime, its coproduct usually has to be twisted in order to make the symmetry action compatible with the algebraic structure. In the commutative case, particle statistics is superselected, i.e. it is preserved under the action of the symmetry. In the presence of noncommutativity, it is thus natural to demand that the statistics is invariant under the action of the twisted symmetry. This condition leads to a new twisted flip operator, which is compatible with the twisted coproduct of the symmetry group [22,23]. The operators projecting to the symmetric and antisymmetric sectors of the Hilbert space are then constructed from the twisted flip operator. While most of the discussion of statistics in the noncommutative setup has been done in the context of the Moyal plane, some related ideas for κ-deformed spaces have also appeared recently [25,26,27].In this paper we set up a general formalism to describe statistics in κ-deformed spaces. Our formalism presented here is applicable to a system with an arbitrary symmetry group, which may include Poincare, Lorentz, Euclidean * trg@imsc.res.in † kumars.gupta@saha.ac.in ‡ harisp@uohyd.ernet.in § meljanac@irb.hr ¶ dmeljan@irb.hr
The near-horizon properties of a black hole are studied within an algebraic framework, using a scalar field as a simple probe to analyze the geometry. The operator H governing the near-horizon dynamics of the scalar field contains an inverse square interaction term. It is shown that the operators appearing in the corresponding algebraic description belong to the representation space of the Virasoro algebra. The operator H is studied using the representation theory of the Virasoro algebra. We observe that the wave functions exhibit scaling behaviour in a band-like region near the horizon of the black hole.
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