Dp-D(p+4) in Noncommutative Yang-Mills

An anti-self-dual instanton solution in Yang-Mills theory on noncommutative ${\R}^4$ with an anti-self-dual noncommutative parameter is constructed. The solution is constructed by the ADHM construction and it can be treated in the framework of the IIB matrix model. In the IIB matrix model, this solution is interpreted as a system of a Dp-brane and D(p+4)-branes, with the Dp-brane dissolved in the worldvolume of the D(p+4)-branes. The solution has a parameter that characterises the size of the instanton. The zero of this parameter corresponds to the singularity of the moduli space. At this point, the solution is continuously connected to another solution which can be interpreted as a system of a Dp-brane and D(p+4)-branes, with the Dp-brane separated from the D(p+4)-branes. It is shown that even when the parameter of the solution comes to the singularity of the moduli space, the gauge field itself is non-singular. A class of multi-instanton solutions is also constructed.Comment: 16 pages. v2 eq.(3.28) and typos corrected, ref. added v3 extended to 25 pages including various examples and explanations v4 misleading comments on the instanton position are correcte

On the ADHM construction of noncommutative U(2) k-instanton

The basic objects of the ADHM construction are reformulated in terms of elements of the $A_{\theta}(R^4)$ algebra of the noncommutative $R_{\theta}^4$ space. This new formulation of the ADHM construction makes possible the explicit calculus of the U(2) instanton number which is shown to be the product of a trace of finite rank projector of the Fock representation space of the algebra $A_{\theta}(R^4)$ times a noncommutative version of the winding number.Comment: 22 pages, new version to appear in Phys. Rev.

Instantons on Noncommutative R^4 and Projection Operators

I carefully study noncommutative version of ADHM construction of instantons, which was proposed by Nekrasov and Schwarz. Noncommutative ${\bf R}^4$ is described as algebra of operators acting in Fock space. In ADHM construction of instantons, one looks for zero-modes of Dirac-like operator. The feature peculiar to noncommutative case is that these zero-modes project out some states in Fock space. The mechanism of these projections is clarified when the gauge group is U(1). I also construct some zero-modes when the gauge group is U(N) and demonstrate that the projections also occur, and the mechanism is similar to the U(1) case. A physical interpretation of the projections in IIB matrix model is briefly discussed.Comment: 29 pages, LaTeX, no figures, further explanations on holes on branes added, minor mistakes correcte

On the No-ghost Theorem in String Theory

We give a simple proof of the no-ghost theorem in the critical bosonic string theory by using a similarity transformation.Comment: 5 pages, v2: a note added and a ref. added, v3: minor refinement of wording, published versio