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Physical Instances of Noncommuting Coordinates

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Particle Physics in the New Millennium

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Noncommuting spatial coordinates and fields can be realized in actual physical situations. Plane wave solutions to noncommuting photodynamics exhibit violaton of Lorentz invariance (special relativity).

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  1. Center for Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 02139-4307, Cambridge, MA, USA

    Roman Jackiw

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  1. Theoretical Physics Division, Rudjer Boskovic Institute, P.O.Box 180, 10 002, Zagreb, Croatia

    Josip Trampetić

  2. Sektion Physik der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Theresienstr.37, 80333, München

    Julius Wess

  3. Max-Plack-Institut für Physik, Föhringer Ring 6, 80805, München, Germany

    Julius Wess

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Jackiw, R. (2003). Physical Instances of Noncommuting Coordinates. In: Trampetić, J., Wess, J. (eds) Particle Physics in the New Millennium. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 616. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36539-7_21

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