5 research outputs found
Noncommutative Vortices and Flux-Tubes from Yang-Mills Theories with Spontaneously Generated Fuzzy Extra Dimensions
We consider a U(2) Yang-Mills theory on M x S_F^2 where M is an arbitrary
noncommutative manifold and S_F^2 is a fuzzy sphere spontaneously generated
from a noncommutative U(N) Yang-Mills theory on M, coupled to a triplet of
scalars in the adjoint of U(N). Employing the SU(2)-equivariant gauge field
constructed in arXiv:0905.2338, we perform the dimensional reduction of the
theory over the fuzzy sphere. The emergent model is a noncommutative U(1) gauge
theory coupled adjointly to a set of scalar fields. We study this model on the
Groenewald-Moyal plane and find that, in certain limits, it admits
noncommutative, non-BPS vortex as well as flux-tube (fluxon) solutions and
discuss some of their properties.Comment: 18+1 pages, typos corrected, published versio
Nonlocal regularisation of noncommutative field theories
We study noncommutative field theories, which are inherently nonlocal, using
a Poincar\'e-invariant regularisation scheme which yields an effective,
nonlocal theory for energies below a cut-off scale. After discussing the
general features and the peculiar advantages of this regularisation scheme for
theories defined in noncommutative spaces, we focus our attention onto the
particular case when the noncommutativity parameter is inversely proportional
to the square of the cut-off, via a dimensionless parameter . We work out
the perturbative corrections at one-loop order for a scalar theory with quartic
interactions, where the signature of noncommutativity appears in
-dependent terms. The implications of this approach, which avoids the
problems related to UV-IR mixing, are discussed from the perspective of the
Wilson renormalisation program. Finally, we remark about the generality of the
method, arguing that it may lead to phenomenologically relevant predictions,
when applied to realistic field theories.Comment: 1+11 pages, 6 figures; v2: references added, typos corrected,
conclusions unchange