Quantum Space-Time Symmetries: A Principle of Minimum Group Representation

We show that, as in the case of the principle of minimum action in classical and quantum mechanics, there exists an even more general principle in the very fundamental structure of {\it quantum space-time}: This is the principle of {\it minimal group representation} that allows to consistently and simultaneously obtain a natural description of the spacetime dynamics and the physical states admissible in it. The theoretical construction is based on the physical states, average values of the Metaplectic group $Mp(n)$ generators: the double covering of $SL(2C)$ in a vector representation, with respect to the {\it coherent states} carrying the spin weight. Our main results here are: (i) A connection between the Metaplectic symmetry generators and the physical state dynamics. (ii) The ground states are coherent states, of Perelomov-Klauder type of the Metaplectic group dividing the Hilbert space into {\it even} and {\it odd} states. (iii) The physical states have spin contents $s=0,1\mathrm{/}2,1,3\mathrm{/}2$ and $2$. (iv) The generators introduce a natural supersymmetry and a superspace whose line element is the geometrical Lagrangian of our model. (v) A coherent physical state of spin 2 is obtained naturally related to the metric tensor. (vi) This is {\it naturally discretized} by the discrete series in the $n$ number representation, reaching the classical (continuous) space-time for $n$ $\to \mathrm{\infty }$. (vii) A relation emerges between the coherent state metric eigenvalue $\alpha$ and the black hole entropy through the Planck length. The lowest level of the quantum space-time spectrum, $n=0$ and its characteristic length, yields a minimum entropy for the black hole history.