46 results on '"Noncommutative geometry"'
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2. Why Do Elementary Particles Have Such Strange Mass Ratios?—The Importance of Quantum Gravity at Low Energies
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Tejinder P. Singh
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quantum gravity ,quantum foundations ,trace dynamics ,noncommutative geometry ,octonions ,unification ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
When gravity is quantum, the point structure of space-time should be replaced by a non-commutative geometry. This is true even for quantum gravity in the infra-red. Using the octonions as space-time coordinates, we construct pre-spacetime, pre-quantum Lagrangian dynamics. We show that the symmetries of this non-commutative space unify the standard model of particle physics with SU(2)R chiral gravity. The algebra of the octonionic space yields spinor states which can be identified with three generations of quarks and leptons. The geometry of the space implies quantisation of electric charge, and leads to a theoretical derivation of the mysterious mass ratios of quarks and the charged leptons. Quantum gravity is quantisation not only of the gravitational field, but also of the point structure of space-time.
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- 2022
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3. Macroscopic Noncommutative-Geometry Wormholes as Emergent Phenomena
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Peter K.F. Kuhfittig
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traversable wormholes ,noncommutative geometry ,Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity ,QC770-798 - Abstract
Noncommutative geometry, an offshoot of string theory, replaces point-like particles with smeared objects. These local effects have led to wormhole solutions in a semiclassical setting, but it has also been claimed that the noncommutative effects can be implemented by modifying only the energy-momentum tensor in the Einstein field equations, while leaving the Einstein tensor unchanged. The implication is that noncommutative-geometry wormholes could be macroscopic. The purpose of this paper is to confirm this conclusion in a simpler and more concrete manner by showing that the throat radius can indeed be macroscopic. This result can be readily explained by considering the noncommutative-geometry background to be a fundamental property and the macroscopic wormhole spacetime to be emergent.
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- 2023
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4. Quantum Mechanics of the Extended Snyder Model
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Stjepan Meljanac and Salvatore Mignemi
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noncommutative geometry ,extended Snyder model ,harmonic oscillator ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We investigate a quantum mechanical harmonic oscillator based on the extended Snyder model. This realization of the Snyder model is constructed as a quantum phase space generated by D spatial coordinates and D(D−1)/2 tensorial degrees of freedom, together with their conjugated momenta. The coordinates obey nontrivial commutation relations and generate a noncommutative geometry, which admits nicer properties than the usual realization of the model, in particular giving rise to an associative star product. The spectrum of the harmonic oscillator is studied through the introduction of creation and annihilation operators. Some physical consequences of the introduction of the additional degrees of freedom are discussed.
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- 2023
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5. Journal of Noncommutative Geometry
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noncommutative geometry ,functional analysis ,algebra ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Published
- 2022
6. A Hitchhiker's Guide to Endomorphisms and Automorphisms of Cuntz Algebras
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Valeriano Aiello, Roberto Conti, and Stefano Rossi
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cuntz algebras ,c∗-algebras ,2-adic ring c∗-algebra ,p-adic ring c∗-algebras ,endomorphisms ,automorphisms ,entropy ,index ,noncommutative geometry ,thompson groups ,knots ,representations ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We present a broad selection of results on endomorphisms and automorphisms of the Cuntz algebras On that have been obtained in the last decades. A wide variety of open problems is also included.
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- 2021
7. Discretized Finsler Structure: An Approach to Quantizing the First Fundamental Form
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Abdel Nasser Tawfik
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modified theories of gravity ,noncommutative geometry ,curved spacetime ,relativity and gravitation ,Mechanical drawing. Engineering graphics ,T351-385 ,Physical and theoretical chemistry ,QD450-801 - Abstract
Whether an algebraic or a geometric or a phenomenological prescription is applied, the first fundamental form is unambiguously related to the modeling of the curved spacetime. Accordingly, we assume that the possible quantization of the first fundamental form could be proposed. For precise accurate measurement of the first fundamental form ds2=gμνdxμdxν, the author derived a quantum-induced revision of the fundamental tensor. To this end, the four-dimensional Riemann manifold is extended to the eight-dimensional Finsler manifold, in which the quadratic restriction on the length measure is relaxed, especially in the relativistic regime; the minimum measurable length could be imposed ad hoc on the Finsler structure. The present script introduces an approach to quantize the fundamental tensor and first fundamental form. Based on gravitized quantum mechanics, the resulting relativistic generalized uncertainty principle (RGUP) is directly imposed on the Finsler structure, F(x^0μ,p^0ν), which is obviously homogeneous to one degree in p^0μ. The momentum of a test particle with mass m¯=m/mp with mp is the Planck mass. This unambiguously results in the quantized first fundamental form ds˜2=[1+(1+2βp^0ρp^0ρ)m¯2(|x¨|/A)2]gμνdx^μdx^ν, where x¨ is the proper spacelike four-acceleration, A is the maximal proper acceleration, and β is the RGUP parameter. We conclude that an additional source of curvature associated with the mass m¯, whose test particle is accelerated at |x¨|, apparently emerges. Thereby, quantizations of the fundamental tensor and first fundamental form are feasible.
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- 2023
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8. Quantum geometry, logic and probability
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Shahn Majid
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logic ,noncommutative geometry ,digital geometry ,quantum gravity ,duality ,power set ,heyting algebra ,Philosophy (General) ,B1-5802 - Abstract
Quantum geometry on a discrete set means a directed graph with a weight associated to each arrow defining the quantum metric. However, these ‘lattice spacing’ weights do not have to be independent of the direction of the arrow. We use this greater freedom to give a quantum geometric interpretation of discrete Markov processes with transition probabilities as arrow weights, namely taking the diffusion form ∂+f = (−Δθ + q − p)f for the graph Laplacian Δθ, potential functions q, p built from the probabilities, and finite difference ∂+ in the time direction. Motivated by this new point of view, we introduce a ‘discrete Schrödinger process’ as ∂+ψ = ı(−Δ + V )ψ for the Laplacian associated to a bimodule connection such that the discrete evolution is unitary. We solve this explicitly for the 2-state graph, finding a 1-parameter family of such connections and an induced ‘generalised Markov process’ for f = |ψ|2 in which there is an additional source current built from ψ. We also mention our recent work on the quantum geometry of logic in ‘digital’ form over the field F2 = {0, 1}, including de Morgan duality and its possible generalisations.
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- 2020
9. Noncommutative Corrections to the Minimal Surface Areas of the Pure AdS Spacetime and Schwarzschild-AdS Black Hole
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Zhang-Cheng Liu and Yan-Gang Miao
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noncommutative geometry ,holographic entanglement entropy ,Elementary particle physics ,QC793-793.5 - Abstract
Based on the perturbation expansion, we compute the noncommutative corrections to the minimal surface areas of the pure AdS spacetime and Schwarzschild-AdS black hole, where the noncommutative background is suitably constructed in terms of the Poincaré coordinate system. In particular, we find a reasonable tetrad with subtlety, which not only matches the metrics of the pure AdS spacetime and Schwarzschild-AdS black hole in the commutative case, but also makes the corrections real rather than complex in the noncommutative case. For the pure AdS spacetime, the nocommutative effect is only a logarithmic term, while for the Schwarzschild-AdS black hole, it contains a logarithmic contribution plus both a mass term and a noncommutative parameter related term. Furthermore, we show that the holographic entanglement entropy with noncommutativity obeys a relation which is similar to the first law of thermodynamics in the pure AdS spacetime.
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- 2022
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10. Massive Neutron Stars and White Dwarfs as Noncommutative Fuzzy Spheres
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Surajit Kalita and Banibrata Mukhopadhyay
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noncommutative geometry ,white dwarf ,neutron star ,equation of state ,Chandrasekhar limit ,Elementary particle physics ,QC793-793.5 - Abstract
Over the last couple of decades, there have been direct and indirect evidences for massive compact objects than their conventional counterparts. A couple of such examples are super-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs and massive neutron stars. The observations of more than a dozen peculiar over-luminous type Ia supernovae predict their origins from super-Chandrasekhar white dwarf progenitors. On the other hand, recent gravitational wave detection and some pulsar observations provide arguments for massive neutron stars, lying in the famous mass-gap between lowest astrophysical black hole and conventional highest neutron star masses. We show that the idea of a squashed fuzzy sphere, which brings in noncommutative geometry, can self-consistently explain either of the massive objects as if they are actually fuzzy or squashed fuzzy spheres. Noncommutative geometry is a branch of quantum gravity. If the above proposal is correct, it will provide observational evidences for noncommutativity.
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- 2022
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11. Noncommutative-Geometry Wormholes with Isotropic Pressure
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Peter K. F. Kuhfittig
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traversable wormholes ,noncommutative geometry ,isotropic pressure ,Nuclear and particle physics. Atomic energy. Radioactivity ,QC770-798 - Abstract
The strategy adopted in the original Morris-Thorne wormhole was to retain complete control over the geometry at the expense of certain engineering considerations. The purpose of this paper is to obtain several complete wormhole solutions by assuming a noncommutative-geometry background with a concomitant isotropic pressure condition. This condition allows us to consider a cosmological setting with a perfect-fluid equation of state. An extended form of the equation generalizes the first solution and subsequently leads to the generalized Chaplygin gas model and hence to a third solution. The solutions obtained extend several previous results. This paper also reiterates the need for a noncommutative-geometry background to account for the enormous radial tension that is a characteristic of Morris-Thorne wormholes.
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- 2021
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12. A geometric picture of quantum mechanics with noncommutative values for observables
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Otto C.W. Kong
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Quantum mechanics ,Noncommutative geometry ,Noncommutative values of observables ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
We present here what we consider a new picture of quantum mechanics with the position and momentum observables as coordinates of the usual quantum phase space of a single particle, which also serves as the model of the physical space. To minimize the mathematics involved, we stick here to the Hilbert space picture of the phase space. We argue that a quantum observable should be seen as taking noncommutative values each of which can equivalently be represented by an infinite number of real numbers. The six noncommutative values of the position and momentum observables hence serve as an alternative system of coordinates for the Hilbert space. The values can, at least in principle, be experimentally determined. This can be seen as a complete resolution of the Einstein–Bohr debate that Einstein would probably be happy with. What we have is a solid noncommutative geometrical picture of the physical space, or spacetime, beyond the Newtonian and Einsteinian framework that is sure to be relevant to Nature directly coupled with the idea that each physical quantity should better be seen as having a value beyond what can be represented by a number. We finish by sketching some implications of the results for the physics and mathematics of quantum spacetime in general.
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- 2020
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13. Diffeomorphisms in Momentum Space: Physical Implications of Different Choices of Momentum Coordinates in the Galilean Snyder Model
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Giulia Gubitosi and Salvatore Mignemi
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noncommutative geometry ,quantum spacetime ,deformed quantum mechanics ,Elementary particle physics ,QC793-793.5 - Abstract
It has been pointed out that different choices of momenta can be associated to the same noncommutative spacetime model. The question of whether these momentum spaces, related by diffeomorphisms, produce the same physical predictions is still debated. In this work, we focus our attention on a few different momentum spaces that can be associated to the Galilean Snyder noncommutative spacetime model and show that they produce different predictions for the energy spectrum of the harmonic oscillator.
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- 2022
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14. Quantum Spacetime, Noncommutative Geometry and Observers
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Fedele Lizzi
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noncommutative geometry ,quantum observers ,quantum symmetries ,Elementary particle physics ,QC793-793.5 - Abstract
I discuss some issues related to the noncommutative spaces κ and its angular variant ρ-Minkowski with particular emphasis on the role of observers.
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- 2021
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15. Stability of additive functional equation on discrete quantum semigroups
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Maysam Maysami Sadr
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Discrete quantum semigroup ,Additive functional equation ,Hyers-Ulam stability ,Noncommutative geometry ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We construct a noncommutative analog of additive functional equations on discrete quantum semigroups and show that this noncommutative functional equation has Hyers-Ulam stability on amenable discrete quantum semigroups. The discrete quantum semigroups that we consider in this paper are in the sense of van Daele, and the amenability is in the sense of Bèdos-Murphy-Tuset. Our main result generalizes a famous and old result due to Forti on the Hyers-Ulam stability of additive functional equations on amenable classical discrete semigroups.
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- 2017
16. Gauging the Higher-Spin-Like Symmetries by the Moyal Product. II
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Maro Cvitan, Predrag Dominis Prester, Stefano Gregorio Giaccari, Mateo Paulišić, and Ivan Vuković
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higher spin ,noncommutative geometry ,Quantum Gravity ,scattering amplitudes ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
Continuing the study of the Moyal Higher Spin Yang–Mills theory started in our previous paper we provide a detailed discussion of matter coupling and the corresponding tree-level amplitudes. We also start the investigation of the spectrum by expanding the master fields in terms of ordinary spacetime fields. We note that the spectrum can be consistent with unitarity while still preserving Lorentz covariance, albeit not in the usual way, but by employing an infinite-dimensional unitary representation of the Lorentz group.
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- 2021
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17. Spacetime deformation effect on the early universe and the PTOLEMY experiment
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Raul Horvat, Josip Trampetic, and Jiangyang You
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Big Bang nucleosynthesis ,Neutrinos ,Noncommutative geometry ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
Using a fully-fledged formulation of gauge field theory deformed by the spacetime noncommutativity, we study its impact on relic neutrino direct detection, as proposed recently by the PTOLEMY experiment. The noncommutative background tends to influence the propagating neutrinos by providing them with a tree-level vector-like coupling to photons, enabling thus otherwise sterile right-handed (RH) neutrinos to be thermally produced in the early universe. Such a new component in the universe's background radiation has been switched today to the almost fully active sea of non-relativistic neutrinos, exerting consequently some impact on the capture on tritium at PTOLEMY. The peculiarities of our nonperturbative approach tend to reflect in the cosmology as well, upon the appearances of the coupling temperature, above which RH neutrinos stay permanently decoupled from thermal environment. This entails the maximal scale of noncommutativity as well, being of order of 10−4MPl, above which there is no impact whatsoever on the capture rates at PTOLEMY. The latter represents an exceptional upper bound on the scale of noncommutativity coming from phenomenology.
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- 2017
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18. Quantum Riemannian geometry of phase space and nonassociativity
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Beggs Edwin J. and Majid Shahn
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Noncommutative geometry ,Quantum gravity ,Poisson geometry ,Riemannian geometry ,Quantum mechanics ,81R50 ,58B32 ,83C57 ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
Noncommutative or ‘quantum’ differential geometry has emerged in recent years as a process for quantizing not only a classical space into a noncommutative algebra (as familiar in quantum mechanics) but also differential forms, bundles and Riemannian structures at this level. The data for the algebra quantisation is a classical Poisson bracket while the data for quantum differential forms is a Poisson-compatible connection. We give an introduction to our recent result whereby further classical data such as classical bundles, metrics etc. all become quantised in a canonical ‘functorial’ way at least to 1st order in deformation theory. The theory imposes compatibility conditions between the classical Riemannian and Poisson structures as well as new physics such as typical nonassociativity of the differential structure at 2nd order. We develop in detail the case of ℂℙn where the commutation relations have the canonical form [wi, w̄j] = iλδij similar to the proposal of Penrose for quantum twistor space. Our work provides a canonical but ultimately nonassociative differential calculus on this algebra and quantises the metric and Levi-Civita connection at lowest order in λ.
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- 2017
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19. Time-dependent Aharonov–Bohm effect on the noncommutative space
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Kai Ma, Jian-Hua Wang, and Huan-Xiong Yang
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Noncommutative geometry ,Aharonov–Bohm effect ,Geometry phase ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
We study the time-dependent Aharonov–Bohm effect on the noncommutative space. Because there is no net Aharonov–Bohm phase shift in the time-dependent case on the commutative space, therefore, a tiny deviation from zero indicates new physics. Based on the Seiberg–Witten map we obtain the gauge invariant and Lorentz covariant Aharonov–Bohm phase shift in general case on noncommutative space. We find there are two kinds of contribution: momentum-dependent and momentum-independent corrections. For the momentum-dependent correction, there is a cancellation between the magnetic and electric phase shifts, just like the case on the commutative space. However, there is a non-trivial contribution in the momentum-independent correction. This is true for both the time-independent and time-dependent Aharonov–Bohm effects on the noncommutative space. However, for the time-dependent Aharonov–Bohm effect, there is no overwhelming background which exists in the time-independent Aharonov–Bohm effect on both commutative and noncommutative space. Therefore, the time-dependent Aharonov–Bohm can be sensitive to the spatial noncommutativity. The net correction is proportional to the product of the magnetic fluxes through the fundamental area represented by the noncommutative parameter θ, and through the surface enclosed by the trajectory of charged particle. More interestingly, there is an anti-collinear relation between the logarithms of the magnetic field B and the averaged flux Φ/N (N is the number of fringes shifted). This nontrivial relation can also provide a way to test the spatial noncommutativity. For BΦ/N∼1, our estimation on the experimental sensitivity shows that it can reach the 10 GeV scale. This sensitivity can be enhanced by using stronger magnetic field strength, larger magnetic flux, as well as higher experimental precision on the phase shift.
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- 2016
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20. Ideals on the Quantum Plane’s Jet Space
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Andrey Glubokov
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quantum plane ,noncommutative geometry ,quantum curves ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
The goal of this paper is to introduce some rings that play the role of the jet spaces of the quantum plane and unlike the quantum plane itself possess interesting nontrivial prime ideals. We will prove some results (Theorems 1−4) about the prime spectrum of these rings.
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- 2020
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21. The standard model, the Pati–Salam model, and ‘Jordan geometry’
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Latham Boyle and Shane Farnsworth
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physics beyond the standard model ,noncommutative geometry ,Jordan algebras ,Science ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
We argue that the ordinary commutative and associative algebra of spacetime coordinates (familiar from general relativity) should perhaps be replaced, not by a noncommutative algebra (as in noncommutative geometry), but rather by a Jordan algebra (leading to a framework which we term ‘Jordan geometry’). We present the Jordan algebra (and representation) that most nearly describes the standard model of particle physics, and we explain that it actually describes a certain (phenomenologically viable) extension of the standard model: by three right-handed (sterile) neutrinos, a complex scalar field φ , and a U (1) _B _− _L gauge boson which is Higgsed by φ . We then note a natural extension of this construction, which describes the SU (4) × SU (2) _L × SU (2) _R Pati–Salam model. Finally, we discuss a simple and natural Jordan generalization of the exterior algebra of differential forms.
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- 2020
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22. Noncommutative quantum mechanics on the outskirts of a heavy objects
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Abolfazl Jafari
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quantum field theory ,Schwarzschild metric ,noncommutative geometry ,Physics ,QC1-999 - Abstract
In this study, the noncommutative problems of quantum mechanics in the presence of the classical gravitation field are investigated. It is shown that spaectime will fail by Schwarzschild metric, and classical response to the gravitational field, will be equal to the change in the geodesic derivation equation
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- 2014
23. Phase space curvature
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Mikhail Gennadievich Ivanov
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phase space ,quantum mechanics ,gauge symmetry ,curvature ,noncommutative geometry ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
Electromagnetic field in classical and quantum mechanics is naturally representedby geometry of extended phase space, with extra coordinates of time and canonically conjugate momentum$p_0=-E$.
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- 2013
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24. Relating Noncommutative SO(2,3)★ Gravity to the Lorentz-Violating Standard-Model Extension
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Quentin G. Bailey and Charles D. Lane
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Lorentz violation ,noncommutative geometry ,gravity ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We consider a model of noncommutative gravity that is based on a spacetime with broken local SO(2,3) ★ symmetry. We show that the torsion-free version of this model is contained within the framework of the Lorentz-violating Standard-Model Extension (SME). We analyze in detail the relation between the torsion-free, quadratic limits of the broken SO(2,3) ★ model and the Standard-Model Extension. As part of the analysis, we construct the relevant geometric quantities to quadratic order in the metric perturbation around a flat background.
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- 2018
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25. Matematyka i kosmologia
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Michał Heller
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mathematics ,cosmology ,noncommutative geometry ,Philosophy (General) ,B1-5802 - Abstract
The mathematical and cosmological works of a group associated with the Copernicus Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Cracow are summarized. The group consists mainly of M. Heller, L. Pysiak, W. Sasin, Z. Odrzygóźdź and J. Gruszczak. The first paper by members of the group was published in 1988, and research has been continued to the present day. The main mathematical tool used in the first part of the group’s activity was the theory of differential spaces and, in the second, methods of noncommutative geometry. Among the main topics investigated have been classical singularities in relativistic cosmology and the unification of general relativity with quantum mechanics.
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- 2012
26. Noncommutative calculi of probabilty
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Michał Heller
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theory of probability ,noncommutative theory of probability ,algebra ,noncommutative geometry ,quantum mechanics ,probability measures ,Philosophy (General) ,B1-5802 - Abstract
The paper can be regarded as a short and informal introduction to noncommutative calculi of probability. The standard theory of probability is reformulated in the algebraic language. In this form it is readily generalized to that its version which is virtually present in quantum mechanics, and then generalized to the so-called free theory of probability. Noncommutative theory of probability is a pair (M, φ) where M is a von Neumann algebra, and φ a normal state on M which plays the role of a noncommutative probability measure. In the standard (commutative) theory of probability, there is, in principle, one mathematically interesting probability measure, namely the Lebesgue measure, whereas in the noncommutative theories there are many nonequivalent probability measures. Philosophical implications of this fact are briefly discussed.
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- 2010
27. The existence of singularities and the origin of space-time
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Michał Heller
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noncommutative geometry ,singularities ,space-time ,von Neumann algebras ,Philosophy (General) ,B1-5802 - Abstract
Methods of noncommutative geometry are applied to deal with singular space-times in general relativity. Such space-times are modeled by noncommutative von Neumann algebras of random operators. Even the strongest singularities turn out to be probabilistically irrelevant. Only when one goes to the usual (commutative) regime, via a suitable transition process, space-time emerges and singularities become significant.
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- 2008
28. Geneza prawdopodobieństwa
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Michał Heller
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probability theory ,dynamics ,noncommutative geometry ,free calculus of probability ,classical probability ,quantum probability ,Philosophy (General) ,B1-5802 - Abstract
After briefly reviewing classical and quantum aspects of probability, basic concepts of the noncommutative calculus of probability (called also free calculus of probability) and its possible application to model the fundamental level of physics are presented. It is shown that the pair (M, *), where M is a (noncommutative) von Neumann algebra, and a state on it, is both a dynamical object and a probabilistic object. In this way, dynamics and probability can be unified in noncommutative geometry. Some philosophical consequences of such an approach are indicated.
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- 2006
29. The Geometry of Noncommutative Spacetimes
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Michał Eckstein
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Lorentzian geometry ,causality ,noncommutative geometry ,quantum spacetime ,Elementary particle physics ,QC793-793.5 - Abstract
We review the concept of ‘noncommutative spacetime’ approached from an operational stand-point and explain how to endow it with suitable geometrical structures. The latter involves i.a. the causal structure, which we illustrate with a simple—‘almost-commutative’—example. Furthermore, we trace the footprints of noncommutive geometry in the foundations of quantum field theory.
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- 2017
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30. An Index for Intersecting Branes in Matrix Models
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Harold Steinacker and Jochen Zahn
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matrix models ,noncommutative geometry ,chiral fermions ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We introduce an index indicating the occurrence of chiral fermions at the intersection of branes in matrix models. This allows to discuss the stability of chiral fermions under perturbations of the branes.
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- 2013
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31. Generalized Fuzzy Torus and its Modular Properties
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Paul Schreivogl and Harold Steinacker
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fuzzy spaces ,noncommutative geometry ,matrix models ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We consider a generalization of the basic fuzzy torus to a fuzzy torus with non-trivial modular parameter, based on a finite matrix algebra. We discuss the modular properties of this fuzzy torus, and compute the matrix Laplacian for a scalar field. In the semi-classical limit, the generalized fuzzy torus can be used to approximate a generic commutative torus represented by two generic vectors in the complex plane, with generic modular parameter τ. The effective classical geometry and the spectrum of the Laplacian are correctly reproduced in the limit. The spectrum of a matrix Dirac operator is also computed.
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- 2013
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32. Intersecting Quantum Gravity with Noncommutative Geometry - a Review
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Johannes Aastrup and Jesper Møller Grimstrup
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quantum gravity ,noncommutative geometry ,semiclassical analysis ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We review applications of noncommutative geometry in canonical quantum gravity. First, we show that the framework of loop quantum gravity includes natural noncommutative structures which have, hitherto, not been explored. Next, we present the construction of a spectral triple over an algebra of holonomy loops. The spectral triple, which encodes the kinematics of quantum gravity, gives rise to a natural class of semiclassical states which entail emerging fermionic degrees of freedom. In the particular semiclassical approximation where all gravitational degrees of freedom are turned off, a free fermionic quantum field theory emerges. We end the paper with an extended outlook section.
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- 2012
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33. Classical and Quantum Dynamics on Orbifolds
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Yuri A. Kordyukov
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microlocal analysis ,noncommutative geometry ,symplectic reduction ,quantization ,foliation ,orbifold ,Hamiltonian dynamics ,elliptic operators ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We present two versions of the Egorov theorem for orbifolds. The first one is a straightforward extension of the classical theorem for smooth manifolds. The second one considers an orbifold as a singular manifold, the orbit space of a Lie group action, and deals with the corresponding objects in noncommutative geometry.
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- 2011
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34. Quantum Spacetime: a Disambiguation
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Gherardo Piacitelli
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quantum spacetime ,covariance ,noncommutative geometry ,doubly special relativity ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We review an approach to non-commutative geometry, where models are constructed by quantisation of the coordinates. In particular we focus on the full DFR model and its irreducible components; the (arbitrary) restriction to a particular irreducible component is often referred to as the ''canonical quantum spacetime''. The aim is to distinguish and compare the approaches under various points of view, including motivations, prescriptions for quantisation, the choice of mathematical objects and concepts, approaches to dynamics and to covariance.
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- 2010
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35. Measure Theory in Noncommutative Spaces
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Steven Lord and Fedor Sukochev
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Dixmier trace ,singular trace ,noncommutative integration ,noncommutative geometry ,Lebesgue integral ,noncommutative residue ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
The integral in noncommutative geometry (NCG) involves a non-standard trace called a Dixmier trace. The geometric origins of this integral are well known. From a measure-theoretic view, however, the formulation contains several difficulties. We review results concerning the technical features of the integral in NCG and some outstanding problems in this area. The review is aimed for the general user of NCG.
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- 2010
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36. Global Eikonal Condition for Lorentzian Distance Function in Noncommutative Geometry
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Nicolas Franco
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noncommutative geometry ,Lorentzian distance ,eikonal inequality ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
Connes' noncommutative Riemannian distance formula is constructed in two steps, the first one being the construction of a path-independent geometrical functional using a global constraint on continuous functions. This paper generalizes this first step to Lorentzian geometry. We show that, in a globally hyperbolic spacetime, a single global timelike eikonal condition is sufficient to construct a path-independent Lorentzian distance function.
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- 2010
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37. Gauge Theories on Deformed Spaces
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Michael Wohlgenannt, René I.P. Sedmik, Erwin Kronberger, and Daniel N. Blaschke
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noncommutative geometry ,noncommutative field theory ,gauge field theories ,renormalization ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
The aim of this review is to present an overview over available models and approaches to non-commutative gauge theory. Our main focus thereby is on gauge models formulated on flat Groenewold-Moyal spaces and renormalizability, but we will also review other deformations and try to point out common features. This review will by no means be complete and cover all approaches, it rather reflects a highly biased selection.
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- 2010
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38. A View on Optimal Transport from Noncommutative Geometry
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Francesco D'Andrea and Pierre Martinetti
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noncommutative geometry ,spectral triples ,transport theory ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We discuss the relation between the Wasserstein distance of order 1 between probability distributions on a metric space, arising in the study of Monge-Kantorovich transport problem, and the spectral distance of noncommutative geometry. Starting from a remark of Rieffel on compact manifolds, we first show that on any - i.e. non-necessary compact - complete Riemannian spin manifolds, the two distances coincide. Then, on convex manifolds in the sense of Nash embedding, we provide some natural upper and lower bounds to the distance between any two probability distributions. Specializing to the Euclidean space R^n, we explicitly compute the distance for a particular class of distributions generalizing Gaussian wave packet. Finally we explore the analogy between the spectral and the Wasserstein distances in the noncommutative case, focusing on the standard model and the Moyal plane. In particular we point out that in the two-sheet space of the standard model, an optimal-transport interpretation of the metric requires a cost function that does not vanish on the diagonal. The latest is similar to the cost function occurring in the relativistic heat equation.
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- 2010
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39. Bifundamental Fuzzy 2-Sphere and Fuzzy Killing Spinors
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Horatiu Nastase and Constantinos Papageorgakis
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noncommutative geometry ,fuzzy sphere ,field theory ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We review our construction of a bifundamental version of the fuzzy 2-sphere and its relation to fuzzy Killing spinors, first obtained in the context of the ABJM membrane model. This is shown to be completely equivalent to the usual (adjoint) fuzzy sphere. We discuss the mathematical details of the bifundamental fuzzy sphere and its field theory expansion in a model-independent way. We also examine how this new formulation affects the twisting of the fields, when comparing the field theory on the fuzzy sphere background with the compactification of the 'deconstructed' (higher dimensional) field theory.
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- 2010
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40. The Noncommutative Ward Metric
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Marco Maceda and Olaf Lechtenfeld
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noncommutative geometry ,CP^1 sigma model ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We analyze the moduli-space metric in the static nonabelian charge-two sector of the Moyal-deformed CP^1 sigma model in 1+2 dimensions. After carefully reviewing the commutative results of Ward and Ruback, the noncommutative Kähler potential is expanded in powers of dimensionless moduli. In two special cases we sum the perturbative series to analytic expressions. For any nonzero value of the noncommutativity parameter, the logarithmic singularity of the commutative metric is expelled from the origin of the moduli space and possibly altogether.
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- 2010
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41. The Scattering Problem for a Noncommutative Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation
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Bergfinnur Durhuus and Victor Gayral
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noncommutative geometry ,nonlinear wave equations ,scattering theory ,Jacobi polynomials ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We investigate scattering properties of a Moyal deformed version of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation in an even number of space dimensions. With rather weak conditions on the degree of nonlinearity, the Cauchy problem for general initial data has a unique globally defined solution, and also has solitary wave solutions if the interaction potential is suitably chosen. We demonstrate how to set up a scattering framework for equations of this type, including appropriate decay estimates of the free time evolution and the construction of wave operators defined for small scattering data in the general case and for arbitrary scattering data in the rotationally symmetric case.
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- 2010
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42. Spectral Distances: Results for Moyal Plane and Noncommutative Torus
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Eric Cagnache and Jean-Christophe Wallet
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noncommutative geometry ,non-compact spectral triples ,spectral distance ,noncommutative torus ,Moyal planes ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
The spectral distance for noncommutative Moyal planes is considered in the framework of a non compact spectral triple recently proposed as a possible noncommutative analog of non compact Riemannian spin manifold. An explicit formula for the distance between any two elements of a particular class of pure states can be determined. The corresponding result is discussed. The existence of some pure states at infinite distance signals that the topology of the spectral distance on the space of states is not the weak * topology. The case of the noncommutative torus is also considered and a formula for the spectral distance between some states is also obtained.
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- 2010
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43. From Noncommutative Sphere to Nonrelativistic Spin
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Alexei A. Deriglazov
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noncommutative geometry ,nonrelativistic spin ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
Reparametrization invariant dynamics on a sphere, being parameterized by angular momentum coordinates, represents an example of noncommutative theory. It can be quantized according to Berezin-Marinov prescription, replacing the coordinates by Pauli matrices. Following the scheme, we present two semiclassical models for description of spin without use of Grassman variables. The first model implies Pauli equation upon the canonical quantization. The second model produces nonrelativistic limit of the Dirac equation implying correct value for the electron spin magnetic moment.
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- 2010
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44. Derivations of the Moyal Algebra and Noncommutative Gauge Theories
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Jean-Christophe Wallet
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noncommutative geometry ,noncommutative gauge theories ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
The differential calculus based on the derivations of an associative algebra underlies most of the noncommutative field theories considered so far. We review the essential properties of this framework and the main features of noncommutative connections in the case of non graded associative unital algebras with involution. We extend this framework to the case of Z2-graded unital involutive algebras. We show, in the case of the Moyal algebra or some related Z2-graded version of it, that the derivation based differential calculus is a suitable framework to construct Yang-Mills-Higgs type models on Moyal (or related) algebras, the covariant coordinates having in particular a natural interpretation as Higgs fields. We also exhibit, in one situation, a link between the renormalisable NC φ4-model with harmonic term and a gauge theory model. Some possible consequences of this are briefly discussed.
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- 2009
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45. WKB Approximation in Noncommutative Gravity
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Maja Buric, John Madore, and George Zoupanos
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noncommutative geometry ,models of quantum gravity ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
We consider the quasi-commutative approximation to a noncommutative geometry defined as a generalization of the moving frame formalism. The relation which exists between noncommutativity and geometry is used to study the properties of the high-frequency waves on the flat background.
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- 2007
46. Noncommutative Geometry: Fuzzy Spaces, the Groenewold-Moyal Plane
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Aiyalam P. Balachandran and Babar Ahmed Qureshi
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noncommutative geometry ,quantum algebra ,quantum field theory ,Mathematics ,QA1-939 - Abstract
In this talk, we review the basics concepts of fuzzy physics and quantum field theory on the Groenewold-Moyal Plane as examples of noncommutative spaces in physics. We introduce the basic ideas, and discuss some important results in these fields. At the end we outline some recent developments in the field.
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- 2006
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