Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
1992-10-08
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
36 pages. Revised to include full details for the simplest example based on sl_2. Accepted to appear in J. Geometry and Physic
Scientific paper
We introduce $*$-structures on braided groups and braided matrices. Using this, we show that the quantum double $D(U_q(su_2))$ can be viewed as the quantum algebra of observables of a quantum particle moving on a hyperboloid in q-Minkowski space (a three-sphere in the Lorentz metric), and with the role of angular momentum played by $U_q(su_2)$. This provides a new example of a quantum system whose algebra of observables is a Hopf algebra. Furthermore, its dual Hopf algebra can also be viewed as a quantum algebra of observables, of another quantum system. This time the position space is a q-deformation of $SL(2,\R)$ and the momentum group is $U_q(su_2^*)$ where $su_2^*$ is the Drinfeld dual Lie algebra of $su_2$. Similar results hold for the quantum double and its dual of a general quantum group.
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