Twisting all the way: From classical mechanics to quantum fields

Paolo Aschieri, Fedele Lizzi, and Patrizia Vitale
Phys. Rev. D 77, 025037 – Published 31 January 2008

Abstract

We discuss the effects that a noncommutative geometry induced by a Drinfeld twist has on physical theories. We systematically deform all products and symmetries of the theory. We discuss noncommutative classical mechanics, in particular its deformed Poisson bracket and hence time evolution and symmetries. The twisting is then extended to classical fields, and then to the main interest of this work: quantum fields. This leads to a geometric formulation of quantization on noncommutative space-time, i.e., we establish a noncommutative correspondence principle from -Poisson brackets to commutators. In particular commutation relations among creation and annihilation operators are deduced.

  • Received 14 November 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.025037

©2008 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

Paolo Aschieri1,*, Fedele Lizzi2,†, and Patrizia Vitale2,‡

  • 1Centro Studi e Ricerche “Enrico Fermi” Compendio Viminale, 00184 Roma, Italy, Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate, Università del Piemonte Orientale, and INFN, Sezione di Torino Via Bellini 25/G 15100 Alessandria, Italy
  • 2Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II and INFN, Sezione di Napoli Monte S. Angelo, Via Cintia, 80126 Napoli, Italy

  • *aschieri@to.infn.it,
  • fedele.lizzi@na.infn.it,
  • patrizia.vitale@na.infn.it

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Vol. 77, Iss. 2 — 15 January 2008

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