Noncommutative general relativity
Abstract
We define a theory of noncommutative general relativity for canonical noncommutative spaces. We find a subclass of general coordinate transformations acting on canonical noncommutative spacetimes to be volume-preserving transformations. Local Lorentz invariance is treated as a gauge theory with the spin connection field taken in the so(3,1) enveloping algebra. The resulting theory appears to be a noncommutative extension of the unimodular theory of gravitation. We compute the leading order noncommutative correction to the action and derive the noncommutative correction to the equations of motion of the weak gravitation field.
- Publication:
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Physical Review D
- Pub Date:
- August 2005
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevD.72.045010
- arXiv:
- arXiv:hep-th/0506157
- Bibcode:
- 2005PhRvD..72d5010C
- Keywords:
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- 11.10.Nx;
- 04.20.-q;
- Noncommutative field theory;
- Classical general relativity;
- High Energy Physics - Theory;
- General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology;
- High Energy Physics - Phenomenology
- E-Print:
- v2: 10 pages, Discussion on noncommutative coordinate transformations has been changed. Corresponding changes have been made throughout the paper