Asymmetry in momentum space: Restoring C P T invariance of κ -field theory

The positive and negative energy modes of a field theory in κ -Minkowski/ κ -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 C P T -invariance is restored. We prove that this new proposal works by studying the transformation properties under deformed discrete symmetries of the new relativistic charges.