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Hopf Algebras in Deformed Quantum Theories

In this work we apply the Drinfel'd twist of Hopf algebras to the study of deformed quantum theories. We prove that, by carefully considering the role of the central extension, it is indeed possible to construct the universal enveloping algebra of the Heisenberg algebra and deform it by means of a Drinfel'd twist, which yields a noncommutative theory. Furthermore, we show that in the second-quantization formalism the Hopf algebra structure of the Heisenberg algebra (both undeformed and deformed) can be obtained from the Hopf algebra of the Schrodinger fields and oscillators, as long as they are taken to be odd generators of the osp(1|2) superalgebra. We study the deformation of the fermionic Heisenberg algebra and present an identification with the algebra of the one-dimensional N-extended supersymmetric quantum mechanics, possible for even N. A second construction for the deformation of the one-dimensional N-extended supersymmetric quantum mechanics is presented in the superspace representation, where the supersymmetry generators are realized in terms of operators belonging to the universal enveloping superalgebra of one bosonic and several fermionic oscillators. In both constructions we recover, in a more general setting, some Cliffordization results of the literature.