Quantum causality in $κ$-Minkowski and related constraints

Nicolas Franco, Kilian Hersent, Valentine Maris, Jean-Christophe Wallet

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Abstract

We study quantum causal structures in 1 + 1 κ-Minkowski space-time described by a Lorentzian Spectral Triple whose Dirac operator is built from a natural set of twisted derivations of the κ-Poincaré algebra. We show that the Lorentzian Spectral Triple must be twisted to accommodate the twisted nature of the derivations. We exhibit various interesting classes of causal functions, including an analog of the light-cone coordinates. We show in particular that the existence of a causal propagation between two pure states, the quantum analogs of points, can exist provided quantum constraints, linking the momentum and the space coordinates, are satisfied. One of these constraints is a quantum analog of the speed of light limit.

Original languageEnglish
Article number164001
Number of pages23
JournalClassical and Quantum Gravity
Volume40
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Aug 2023

Funding

K H and J-C W thank the Action CA18108 QG-MM ‘Quantum gravity phenomenology in the multi-messenger approach’ from the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST). J-C W thanks P Martinetti and T Masson for fruitful discussions.

Funders
European Cooperation in Science and Technology

    Keywords

    • math-ph
    • gr-qc
    • hep-th
    • math.MP
    • κ-Minkowski space-time
    • noncommutative geometry
    • quantum causality

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