Poincare Symmetry from Heisenberg's Uncertainty Relations

被引:2
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作者
Baskal, Sibel [1 ]
Kim, Young S. [2 ]
Noz, Marilyn E. [3 ]
机构
[1] Middle East Tech Univ, Dept Phys, TR-06800 Ankara, Turkey
[2] Univ Maryland, Ctr Fundamental Phys, College Pk, MD 20742 USA
[3] NYU, Dept Radiol, 560 1St Ave, New York, NY 10016 USA
来源
SYMMETRY-BASEL | 2019年 / 11卷 / 03期
关键词
Poincare symmetry from uncertainty relations; one symmetry for quantum mechanics; special relativity; UNITARY REPRESENTATIONS; COHERENT; STATES;
D O I
10.3390/sym11030409
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
It is noted that the single-variable Heisenberg commutation relation contains the symmetry of the Sp(2) group which is isomorphic to the Lorentz group applicable to one time-like dimension and two space-like dimensions, known as the SO(2,1) group. According to Paul A. M. Dirac, from the uncertainty commutation relations for two variables, it possible to construct the de Sitter group SO(3,2), namely the Lorentz group applicable to three space-like variables and two time-like variables. By contracting one of the time-like variables in SO(3,2), it is possible to construct the inhomogeneous Lorentz group ISO(3,1) which serves as the fundamental symmetry group for quantum mechanics and quantum field theory in the Lorentz-covariant world. This ISO(3,1) group is commonly known as the Poincare group.
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