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Polyvector-valued Gauge Field Theoriesand Quantum Mechanics inNoncommutative Clifford Spaces
Carlos CastroCenter for Theoretical Studies of Physical SystemsClark Atlanta University, Atlanta, GA. 30314; perelmanc@hotmail.comAugust 2009
Abstract
The basic ideas and results behind polyvector-valued gauge field the-ories and Quantum Mechanics in Noncommutative Clifford spaces arepresented. The star products are noncommutative and associative andrequire the use of the Baker-Campbell-Hausdorff formula. The construc-tion of Noncommutative Clifford-space gravity as polyvector-valued gaugetheories of twisted diffeomorphisms in Clifford-spaces would require quan-tum Hopf algebraic deformations of Clifford algebras.
Clifford algebras are deeply related and essential tools in many aspects inPhysics. The Extended Relativity theory in Clifford-spaces ( C-spaces ) is a nat-ural extension of the ordinary Relativity theory [3] whose generalized polyvector-valued coordinates are Clifford-valued quantities which incorporate lines, areas,volumes, hyper-volumes.... degrees of freedom associated with the collectiveparticle, string, membrane, p-brane,... dynamics of p-loops (closed p-branes) in
D
-dimensional target spacetime backgrounds.It was recently shown [1] how an unification of Conformal Gravity and a
U
(4)
×
U
(4) Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions could be attained from aClifford Gauge Field Theory in
C
-spaces (Clifford spaces) based on the (com-plex) Clifford
Cl
(4
,C
) algebra underlying a complexified four dimensional space-time (8 real dimensions). Clifford-space tensorial-gauge fields generalizations of Yang-Mills theories allows to predict the existence of new particles (bosons,fermions) and tensor-gauge fields of higher-spins in the 10 TeV regime [2]. Ten-sorial Generalized Yang-Mills in
C
-spaces (Clifford spaces) based on poly-vectorvalued (anti-symmetric tensor fields) gauge fields
A
M
(
X
) and field strengths
F
MN
(
X
) have been studied in [2], [3] where
X
=
X
M
Γ
M
is a
C
-space poly-vector valued coordinate
X
=
σ
1
+
x
µ
γ
µ
+
x
µ
1
µ
2
γ
µ
1
∧
γ
µ
2
+
x
µ
1
µ
2
µ
3
γ
µ
1
∧
γ
µ
2
∧
γ
µ
3
+
......
+1
x
µ
1
µ
2
µ
3
......µ
d
γ
µ
1
∧
γ
µ
2
∧
γ
µ
3
.......
∧
γ
µ
d
(1)In order to match dimensions in each term of (1) a length scale parameter mustbe suitably introduced. In [3] we introduced the Planck scale as the expansionparameter in (1). The scalar component
σ
of the
C
-space poly-vector valuedcoordinate
X
was interpreted by [4] as a Stuckelberg time-like parameter thatsolves the problem of time in Cosmology in a very elegant fashion.A Clifford gauge field theory in the
C
-space associated with the ordinary4
D
spacetime requires
A
M
(
X
) =
A
AM
(
X
) Γ
A
that is a poly-vector valued gaugefield where
M
represents the poly-vector index associated with the
C
-space,and whose gauge group
G
is itself based on the Clifford algebra
Cl
(3
,
1) of thetangent space spanned by 16 generators Γ
A
. The expansion of the poly-vectorClifford-algebra-valued gauge field
A
AM
, for
fixed
values of
A
, is of the form
A
AM
Γ
M
= Φ
A
+
A
Aµ
γ
µ
+
A
Aµ
1
µ
2
γ
µ
1
∧
γ
µ
2
+
A
Aµ
1
µ
2
µ
3
γ
µ
1
∧
γ
µ
2
∧
γ
µ
3
+
.......
(2)The index
A
spans the 16-dim Clifford algebra
Cl
(3
,
1) of the tangent spacesuch asΦ
A
Γ
A
= Φ + Φ
a
Γ
a
+ Φ
ab
Γ
ab
+ Φ
abc
Γ
abc
+ Φ
abcd
Γ
abcd
.
(3
a
)
A
Aµ
Γ
A
=
A
µ
+
A
aµ
Γ
a
+
A
abµ
Γ
ab
+
A
abcµ
Γ
abc
+
A
abcdµ
Γ
abcd
.
(3
b
)
A
Aµν
Γ
A
=
A
µν
+
A
aµν
Γ
a
+
A
abµν
Γ
ab
+
A
abcµν
Γ
abc
+
A
abcdµν
Γ
abcd
.
(3
c
)etc......In order to match dimensions in each term of (2) another length scale pa-rameter must be suitably introduced. For example, since
A
Aµνρ
has dimensionsof (
length
)
−
3
and
A
Aµ
has dimensions of (
length
)
−
1
one needs to introduce an-other length parameter in order to match dimensions. This length parameterdoes not need to coincide with the Planck scale. The Clifford-algebra-valuedgauge field
A
Aµ
(
x
µ
)Γ
A
in ordinary spacetime is naturally embedded into a farricher object
A
AM
(
X
)Γ
A
in
C
-spaces. The advantage of recurring to
C
-spacesassociated with the 4
D
spacetime manifold is that one can have a (complex)Conformal Gravity, Maxwell and
U
(4)
×
U
(4) Yang-Mills unification in a verygeometric fashion as provided by [1]Field theories in Noncommutative spacetimes have been the subject of in-tense investigation in recent years, see [8] and references therein. Star Productdeformations of Clifford Gauge Field Theories based on ordinary Noncommu-tative spacetimes are straightforward generalizations of the work by [5]. Thewedge star product of two Clifford-valued one-forms is defined as
A
∧
∗
A
=
(
A
Aµ
∗ A
Bν
) Γ
A
Γ
B
dx
µ
∧
dx
ν
=2
12
(
A
Aµ
∗
s
A
Bν
) [Γ
A
,
Γ
B
] + (
A
Aµ
∗
a
A
Bν
)
{
Γ
A
,
Γ
B
}
dx
µ
∧
dx
ν
.
(4)In the case when the coordinates don’t commute [
x
µ
,x
ν
] =
θ
µν
(constants), thecosine (symmetric) star product is defined by [5]
f
∗
s
g
≡
12(
f
∗
g
+
g
∗
f
) =
f g
+
i
2
2
θ
µν
θ
κλ
(
∂
µ
∂
κ
f
) (
∂
ν
∂
λ
g
) +
O
(
θ
4
)
.
(5)and the sine (anti-symmetric Moyal bracket) star product is
f
∗
a
g
≡
12(
f
∗
g
−
g
∗
f
) =
i
2
θ
µν
(
∂
µ
f
) (
∂
ν
g
) +
i
2
3
θ
µν
θ
κλ
θ
αβ
(
∂
µ
∂
κ
∂
α
f
) (
∂
ν
∂
λ
∂
β
g
) +
O
(
θ
5
)
.
(6)Notice that both commutators
and
anticommutators of the gammas appear inthe star deformed products in (4). The star product deformations of the gaugefield strengths in the case of the
U
(2
,
2) gauge group were given by [5] and theexpressions for the star product deformed action are very cumbersome .In this letter we proceed with the construction of Polyvector-valued GaugeField Theories in
noncommutative
Clifford Spaces (
C
-spaces ) which are polyvector-valued
extensions
and
generalizations
of the ordinary
noncommutative
space-times. We begin firstly by writing the commutators [Γ
A
,
Γ
B
]. For
pq
=
odd
onehas [7][
γ
b
1
b
2
.....b
p
, γ
a
1
a
2
......a
q
] = 2
γ
a
1
a
2
......a
q
b
1
b
2
.....b
p
−
2
p
!
q
!2!(
p
−
2)!(
q
−
2)!
δ
[
a
1
a
2
[
b
1
b
2
γ
a
3
....a
q
]
b
3
.....b
p
]
+2
p
!
q
!4!(
p
−
4)!(
q
−
4)!
δ
[
a
1
....a
4
[
b
1
....b
4
γ
a
5
....a
q
]
b
5
.....b
p
]
−
......
(7)for
pq
=
even
one has[
γ
b
1
b
2
.....b
p
, γ
a
1
a
2
......a
q
] =
−
(
−
1)
p
−
1
2
p
!
q
!1!(
p
−
1)!(
q
−
1)!
δ
[
a
1
[
b
1
γ
a
2
a
3
....a
q
]
b
2
b
3
.....b
p
]
−
(
−
1)
p
−
1
2
p
!
q
!3!(
p
−
3)!(
q
−
3)!
δ
[
a
1
....a
3
[
b
1
....b
3
γ
a
4
....a
q
]
b
4
.....b
p
]
+
......
(8)The anti-commutators for
pq
=
even
are
{
γ
b
1
b
2
.....b
p
,γ
a
1
a
2
......a
q
}
= 2
γ
a
1
a
2
......a
q
b
1
b
2
.....b
p
−
2
p
!
q
!2!(
p
−
2)!(
q
−
2)!
δ
[
a
1
a
2
[
b
1
b
2
γ
a
3
....a
q
]
b
3
.....b
p
]
+2
p
!
q
!4!(
p
−
4)!(
q
−
4)!
δ
[
a
1
....a
4
[
b
1
....b
4
γ
a
5
....a
q
]
b
5
.....b
p
]
−
......
(9)and the anti-commutators for
pq
=
odd
are3
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