Vacuum energy from noncommutative models

The vacuum energy is computed for a scalar field in a noncommutative background in several models of noncommutative geometry. One may expect that the noncommutativity introduces a natural cutoff on the ultraviolet divergences of field theory. Our calculations show however that this depends on the particular model considered: in some cases the divergences are suppressed and the vacuum energy is only logarithmically divergent, in other cases they are stronger than in the commutative theory.Comment: 10 page

Interacting families of Calogero-type particles and SU(1,1) algebra

We study a one-dimensional model with F interacting families of Calogero-type particles. The model includes harmonic, two-body and three-body interactions. We emphasize the universal SU(1,1) structure of the model. We show how SU(1,1) generators for the whole system are composed of SU(1,1) generators of arbitrary subsystems. We find the exact eigenenergies corresponding to a class of the exact eigenstates of the F-family model. By imposing the conditions for the absence of the three-body interaction, we find certain relations between the coupling constants. Finally, we establish some relations of equivalence between two systems containing F families of Calogero-type particles.Comment: 16 pages, no figures, to be published in Mod.Phys.Lett.

Spectrum of the hydrogen atom in Snyder space in a semiclassical approximation

We study the spectrum of the hydrogen atom in Snyder space in a semiclassical approximation based on a generalization of the Born-Sommerfeld quantization rule. While the corrections to the standard quantum mechanical spectrum arise at first order in the Snyder parameter for the $l=0$ states, they are of second order for $l\neq 0$. This can be understood as due to the different topology of the regions of integration in phase space.Comment: 7 page

Quantum statistics and noncommutative black holes

We study the behaviour of a scalar field coupled to a noncommutative black hole which is described by a $\kappa$-cylinder Hopf algebra. We introduce a new class of realizations of this algebra which has a smooth limit as the deformation parameter vanishes. The twisted flip operator is independent of the choice of realization within this class. We demonstrate that the $R$-matrix is quasi-triangular up to the first order in the deformation parameter. Our results indicate how a scalar field might behave in the vicinity of a black hole at the Planck scale.Comment: 8 pages, no figures, revtex4; in v2 some points are explained in more detail, few typos corrected and one reference adde

Scalar field theory on kappa-Minkowski spacetime and translation and Lorentz invariance

We investigate the properties of kappa-Minkowski spacetime by using representations of the corresponding deformed algebra in terms of undeformed Heisenberg-Weyl algebra. The deformed algebra consists of kappa-Poincare algebra extended with the generators of the deformed Weyl algebra. The part of deformed algebra, generated by rotation, boost and momentum generators, is described by the Hopf algebra structure. The approach used in our considerations is completely Lorentz covariant. We further use an adventages of this approach to consistently construct a star product which has a property that under integration sign it can be replaced by a standard pointwise multiplication, a property that was since known to hold for Moyal, but not also for kappa-Minkowski spacetime. This star product also has generalized trace and cyclic properties and the construction alone is accomplished by considering a classical Dirac operator representation of deformed algebra and by requiring it to be hermitian. We find that the obtained star product is not translationally invariant, leading to a conclusion that the classical Dirac operator representation is the one where translation invariance cannot simultaneously be implemented along with hermiticity. However, due to the integral property satisfied by the star product, noncommutative free scalar field theory does not have a problem with translation symmetry breaking and can be shown to reduce to an ordinary free scalar field theory without nonlocal features and tachionic modes and basicaly of the very same form. The issue of Lorentz invariance of the theory is also discussed.Comment: 22 pages, no figures, revtex4, in new version comments regarding translation invariance and few references are added, accepted for publication in Int. J. Mod. Phys.