Published March 15, 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Poincare quasi-Hopf symmetry and nonassociative spacetime algebra from twisted gauge theories

  • 1. Departamento de Matematicas, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 28911 Leganes, Madrid (Spain)
  • 2. Department of Physics, Syracuse University, Syracuse New York, 13244-1130 (United States)
  • 3. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L2Y5 (Canada)
  • 4. School of Theoretical Physics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, Dublin 4 (Ireland)

Description

In previous work, starting from the Moyal plane, we formulated interacting theories of matter and gauge fields with only the former fields twisted. In this approach, gauge theories, including the standard model, can be formulated without new gauge degrees of freedom. We show their underlying symmetry algebra to be Poincare quasi-Hopf. The associated spacetime algebra is hence nonassociative.

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
81
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 065006-065006.6
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42002581
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
DEGREES OF FREEDOM; GAUGE INVARIANCE; MATTER; SPACE-TIME; STANDARD MODEL; SYMMETRY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; GRAND UNIFIED THEORY; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLE MODELS; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; UNIFIED GAUGE MODELS

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