https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201716407009
Deformations of spacetime and internal symmetries
Department of Mathematical Sciences, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, 111 Ren’ai Road, Suzhou SIP, Jiangsu, China 215123
a e-mail: niels.gresnigt@xjtlu.edu.cn
Published online: 5 December 2017
Algebraic deformations provide a systematic approach to generalizing the symmetries of a physical theory through the introduction of new fundamental constants. The applications of deformations of Lie algebras and Hopf algebras to both spacetime and internal symmetries are discussed. As a specific example we demonstrate how deforming the classical flavor group S U(3) to the quantum group S Uq(3) ≡ U q (su(3)) (a Hopf algebra) and taking into account electromagnetic mass splitting within isospin multiplets leads to new and exceptionally accurate baryon mass sum rules that agree perfectly with experimental data.
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