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Twisting all the way: From classical mechanics to quantum fields

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number025037
JournalPhysical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology
Volume77
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Jan 2008

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