Noninertial symmetry group with invariant Minkowski line element consistent with Heisenberg quantum commutation relations

Abstract

The maximal symmetry of a quantum system with Heisenberg commutation relations is given by the projective representations of the automorphism group of the Weyl-Heisenberg algebra. The automorphism group is the central extension of the inhomogeneous symplectic group with a conformal scaling that acts on extended phase space. We determine the subgroup that also leaves invariant a degenerate Minkowski orthogonal line element. This defines noninertial relativistic symmetry transformations that have the expected classical limit as c → ∞.