Mixing coproducts for theories with particle-dependent relativistic properties

Abstract

We analyze a few illustrative examples of scenarios in which relativistic symmetries are deformed by Planck-scale effects in particle-type-dependent manner. The novel mathematical structures required by such scenarios are the mixing coproducts, which govern the (deformed) law of conservation of energy and momentum when particles with different relativistic properties interact. We also comment on the relevance of these findings for the recent proposals concerning the possibility that neutrinos might have relativistic properties which are different from those of photons and/or the possibility that composite particles might have relativistic properties which are different from those of fundamental ones.