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Phys. Rev. D 77, 025021 (2008) [9 pages]

Twisted Poincaré invariant quantum field theories

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A. P. Balachandran1,*, A. Pinzul2,†, and B. A. Qureshi1,‡
1Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York 13244-1130, USA
2Instituto de Física, Universidade de São Paulo, C.P. 66318, Sao Paulo, SP, 05315-970, Brazil

Received 3 October 2007; published 25 January 2008

It is by now well known that the Poincaré group acts on the Moyal plane with a twisted coproduct. Poincaré invariant classical field theories can be formulated for this twisted coproduct. In this paper we systematically study such a twisted Poincaré action in quantum theories on the Moyal plane. We develop quantum field theories invariant under the twisted action from the representations of the Poincaré group, ensuring also the invariance of the S-matrix under the twisted action of the group. A significant new contribution here is the construction of the Poincaré generators using quantum fields.

© 2008 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.025021
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.77.025021
PACS:
11.10.Nx, 11.30.Cp

*bal@phy.syr.edu

apinzul@fma.if.usp.br

bqureshi@phy.syr.edu