TY - JOUR
T1 - Noncommutative D = 4 gravity coupled to fermions
AU - Aschieri, Paolo
AU - Castellani, Leonardo
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We present a noncommutative extension of Einstein-Hilbert gravity in the context of twist-deformed space-time, with a *-product associated to a quite general triangular Drinfeld twist. In particular the *-product can be chosen to be the usual Groenewald-Moyal product. The action is geometric, invariant under diffeomorphisms and centrally extended Lorentz *-gauge transformations. In the commutative limit it reduces to ordinary gravity, with local Lorentz invariance and usual real vielbein. This we achieve by imposing a charge conjugation condition on the noncommutative vielbein. The theory is coupled to fermions, by adding the analog of the Dirac action in curved space. A noncommutative Majorana condition can be imposed, consistent with the *-gauge transformations. Finally, we discuss the noncommutative version of the Mac-Dowell Mansouri action, quadratic in curvatures.
AB - We present a noncommutative extension of Einstein-Hilbert gravity in the context of twist-deformed space-time, with a *-product associated to a quite general triangular Drinfeld twist. In particular the *-product can be chosen to be the usual Groenewald-Moyal product. The action is geometric, invariant under diffeomorphisms and centrally extended Lorentz *-gauge transformations. In the commutative limit it reduces to ordinary gravity, with local Lorentz invariance and usual real vielbein. This we achieve by imposing a charge conjugation condition on the noncommutative vielbein. The theory is coupled to fermions, by adding the analog of the Dirac action in curved space. A noncommutative Majorana condition can be imposed, consistent with the *-gauge transformations. Finally, we discuss the noncommutative version of the Mac-Dowell Mansouri action, quadratic in curvatures.
KW - Classical theories of gravity
KW - Non-commutative geometry
KW - Space-time symmetries
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/70350068324
U2 - 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/06/086
DO - 10.1088/1126-6708/2009/06/086
M3 - Article
SN - 1126-6708
VL - 2009
JO - Journal of High Energy Physics
JF - Journal of High Energy Physics
IS - 6
M1 - 086
ER -