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Title: Three dimensional quantum geometry and deformed symmetry

Journal Article · · Journal of Mathematical Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3131682· OSTI ID:21294093
;  [1];  [2]
  1. APC, Unite mixte du CNRS UMR 7164, Universite Paris 7 Batiment Condorcet, F-75205 Paris Cedex 13 (France)
  2. Federation Denis Poisson, Faculte des Sciences et Techniques, LMPT, Unite mixte du CNRS UMR 6083, Universite de Tours, Parc de Grandmont, 37200 Tours (France)

We study a three dimensional noncommutative space emerging in the context of three dimensional Euclidean quantum gravity. Our starting point is the assumption that the isometry group is deformed to the Drinfeld double D(SU(2)). We generalize to the deformed case the construction of E{sup 3} as the quotient of its isometry group ISU(2) by SU(2). We show that the algebra of functions on E{sup 3} becomes the noncommutative algebra of SU(2) distributions, C(SU(2))*, endowed with the convolution product. This construction gives the action of ISU(2) on the algebra and allows the determination of plane waves and coordinate functions. In particular, we show the following: (i) plane waves have bounded momenta; (ii) to a given momentum are associated several SU(2) elements leading to an effective description of {phi} is an element of C(SU(2))* in terms of several physical scalar fields on E{sup 3}; (iii) their product leads to a deformed addition rule of momenta consistent with the bound on the spectrum. We generalize to the noncommutative setting the 'local' action for a scalar field. Finally, we obtain, using harmonic analysis, another useful description of the algebra as the direct sum of the algebra of matrices. The algebra of matrices inherits the action of ISU(2): rotations leave the order of the matrices invariant, whereas translations change the order in a way we explicitly determine.

OSTI ID:
21294093
Journal Information:
Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 50, Issue 5; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.3131682; (c) 2009 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-2488
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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