Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: We discuss generalizations of the notion of i) the group of unitary elements of a (real or complex) finite-dimensional C*-algebra, ii) gauge transformations and iii) (real) automorphisms in the framework of compact quantum group theory and spectral triples. The quantum analogue of these groups are defined as universal (initial) objects in some natural categories. After proving the existence of the universal objects, we discuss several examples that are of interest to physics, as they appear in the noncommutative geometry approach to particle physics: in particular, the C*-algebras M_n(\mathbb{R}) , M_n(\mathbb{C}) and M_n(\mathbb{H}) , describing the finite noncommutative space of the Einstein–Yang–Mills systems, and the algebras \mathcal{A}_F=\mathbb{C}\oplus \mathbb{H} \oplus M_3(\mathbb{C}) and \mathcal{A}^{\mathrm{ev}}=\mathbb{H}\oplus \mathbb{H} \oplus M_4(\mathbb{C}) , that appear in Chamseddine–Connes derivation of the Standard Model of particle physics coupled to gravity. As a byproduct, we identify a “free” version of the symplectic group \operatorname{Sp}(n) (quaternionic unitary group).
DOI: 10.4171/jncg/161
Authors: Jyotishman Bhowmick, Francesco D'Andrea, Biswarup Das, Ludwik Dąbrowski
Language: English
Subfield: Mathematical Physics
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1966697730