Published May 15, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Multiparticle states in deformed special relativity

  • 1. Perimeter Institute 31 Caroline Street N, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 2Y5 (Canada)

Description

We investigate the properties of multiparticle states in deformed special relativity (DSR). Starting from the Lagrangian formalism with an energy dependent metric, the conserved Noether current can be derived which is additive in the usual way. The integrated Noether current had previously been discarded as a conserved quantity, because it was correctly realized that it does no longer obey the DSR transformations. We identify the reason for this mismatch in the fact that DSR depends only on the extensive quantity of total four momentum instead of the energy-momentum densities as would be appropriate for a field theory. We argue that the reason for the failure of DSR to reproduce the standard transformation behavior in the well established limits is due to the missing sensitivity to the volume inside which energy is accumulated. We show that the soccer-ball problem is absent if one formulates DSR instead for the field densities. As a consequence, estimates for predicted effects have to be corrected by many orders of magnitude. Further, we derive that the modified quantum field theory implies a locality bound

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Journal Title
Physical Review. D, Particles Fields
Journal Volume
75
Journal Issue
10
Journal Page Range
p. 105005-105005.8
ISSN
0556-2821
CODEN
PRVDAQ

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38090814
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
ENERGY DEPENDENCE; LAGRANGIAN FUNCTION; LOCALITY; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; RELATIVITY THEORY; TRANSFORMATIONS
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; FUNCTIONS

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