Asymmetry in momentum space: restoring CPT invariance of κ-field theory

Adach, Tadeusz;Bevilacqua, Andrea;Kowalski-Glikman, Jerzy;Rosati, Giacomo

2026-01-01

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Abstract

The positive and negative energy modes of a field theory in k-Minkowski/k-Poincaré noncommutative spacetime have very different symmetry properties. This can be understood geometrically by considering that they span two distinct sectors of a curved momentum space. By performing an explicit direct computation of the relativistic Noether charges and their algebra within the canonical formalism, we identify a striking consequence of this asymmetry in momentum space: charge conjugation and Poincaré invariance are incompatible. We then notice how the structure of momentum space suggests that time reversal could be deformed so that the overall CPT-invariance is restored. We prove that this new proposal works by studying the transformation properties under deformed discrete symmetries of the new relativistic charges.