Relativistic kinematics beyond special relativity

J. M. Carmona, J. L. Cortés, and F. Mercati
Phys. Rev. D 86, 084032 – Published 11 October 2012

Abstract

In the context of departures from special relativity written as a momentum power expansion in the inverse of an ultraviolet energy scale M, we derive the constraints that the relativity principle imposes between coefficients of a deformed (but rotational invariant) composition law, dispersion relation, and transformation laws, at first order in the power expansion. In particular, we find that at that order the consistency of a modification of the energy-momentum composition law fixes the modification in the dispersion relation. We therefore obtain the most generic modification of special relativity which is rotational invariant and that preserves the relativity principle at leading order in 1/M.

  • Received 13 July 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.084032

© 2012 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

J. M. Carmona*, J. L. Cortés, and F. Mercati

  • Departamento de Física Teórica, Universidad de Zaragoza, Zaragoza 50009, Spain

  • *jcarmona@unizar.es
  • cortes@unizar.es
  • flavio.mercati@gmail.com

See Also

Nonuniversal relativistic kinematics

J. M. Carmona, J. L. Cortés, and B. Romeo
Phys. Rev. D 91, 085036 (2015)

Beyond special relativity at second order

J. M. Carmona, J. L. Cortés, and J. J. Relancio
Phys. Rev. D 94, 084008 (2016)

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Vol. 86, Iss. 8 — 15 October 2012

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