Abstract : This talk introduces a class of Hopf algebras, called T -Poincaré, which represent, arguably, the simplest small scale/high energy quantum group deformations of the Poincaré group. Starting from some reasonable assumptions on the structure of the commutators, I am able to show that these models arise from a class of classical r-matrices on the Poincaré group. These have been known since the work of Zakrzewski and Tolstoy, and allow me to identify 16 multiparametric models. Each T -Poincaré model admits a canonical 4-dimensional quantum homogeneous spacetime, T -Minkowski, which is left invariant by the coaction of the group. A key result is the systematic unification provided by this framework, which incorporates well-established non-commutative spacetimes like Moyal, lightlike κ-Minkowski, and ρ-Minkowski as specific instances. I will then outline all the mathematical structures that are necessary in order to study field theory on these spaces: differential and integral calculus, noncommutative Fourier theory, and braided tensor products. I will then discuss how to describe (classical) Standard Model fields within this framework, and the challenges associated with quantum field theory. Particular focus is placed on the Poincar´e covariance of these models, with the goal of finding a mathematically consistent model of physics at the Planck scale that preserves the principle of Special Relativity while possessing a noncommutativity length scale.

Keywords : quantum groups; noncommutative geometry; noncommutative field theory; noncommutative quantum field theory; quantum gravity