Richard Kerner - Unifying Colour SU(3) with Z3-Graded Lorentz-Poincaré Algebra
Channel: Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)
Date: 2021-02-04

A generalization of Dirac’s equation is presented, incorporating the three-valued colour variable in a way which makes it intertwine with the Lorentz transformations. We show how the Lorentz-Poincaré group must be extended to accomodate both SU(3) and the Lorentz transformations. Both symmetries become intertwined, so that the system can be diagonalized only after the sixth iteration, leading to a six-order characteristic equation with complex masses similar to those of the Lee-Wick model. The spinorial representation of the Z3-graded Lorentz algebra is presented, and its vectorial counterpart acting on a Z3-graded extension of the Minkowski space-time is also constucted. Application to new formulation of the QCD and its gauge-field content is briefly evoked.


Slides :
https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/6181/contributions/4955/attachments/2634/3341/CAP20_Kerner.pdf