Finite dimensional unitary representations of quantum Anti-de Sitter groups at roots of unity

Abstract

We study irreducible unitary \reps of $U_q(SO(2,1))$ and $U_q(SO(2,3))$ for $q$ a root of unity, which are finite dimensional. Among others, unitary \reps corresponding to all classical one-particle representations with integral weights are found for $q = e^{i π/M}$, with $M$ being large enough. In the "massless" case with spin bigger than or equal to 1 in 4 dimensions, they are unitarizable only after factoring out a subspace of "pure gauges", as classically. A truncated associative tensor product describing unitary many-particle representations is defined for $q = e^{iπ/M}$.

More systematic proof of statements on the structure of irreps, some typos corrected. 25 pages LaTeX, 4 figures included using epsf. To appear in Comm. Math. Phys