Kappa-Minkowski: physics with noncommutative time

APA

Mercati, F. (2021). Kappa-Minkowski: physics with noncommutative time. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/21060088

MLA

Mercati, Flavio. Kappa-Minkowski: physics with noncommutative time. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Jun. 14, 2021, https://pirsa.org/21060088

BibTex

          @misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:21060088,
            doi = {10.48660/21060088},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/21060088},
            author = {Mercati, Flavio},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {Kappa-Minkowski: physics with noncommutative time},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics},
            year = {2021},
            month = {jun},
            note = {PIRSA:21060088 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/pirsa/21060088}}
          }
          

Flavio Mercati University of Naples Federico II

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Abstract

The kappa-Minkowski noncommutative spacetime has been studied for a long time as an example of quantum spacetime with nontrivial commutation relations between spatial and temporal coordinates which, at first sight, seem to break Poincaré invariance. However kappa-Minkowski is invariant under a Hopf-algebra deformation of the Poincaré group, which involves some noncommutative structures that prevent the sharp localization of reference frames. I will describe recent progress towards the consistent construction of quantum field theories on this spacetime, and the identification of physical predictions that genuinely distinguish kappa-Minkowski from ordinary, commutative Minkowski spacetime.