Braided Quantum Field Theory
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v3 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We develop a general framework for quantum field theory on noncommutative spaces, i.e., spaces with quantum group symmetry. We use the path integral approach to obtain expressions for -point functions. Perturbation theory leads us to generalised Feynman diagrams which are braided, i.e., they have non-trivial over- and under-crossings. We demonstrate the power of our approach by applying it to -theory on the quantum 2-sphere. We find that the basic divergent diagram of the theory is regularised.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/9906225,
title = {Braided Quantum Field Theory},
author = {Robert Oeckl},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9906225},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
31 pages, LaTeX with AMS and XY-Pic macros; final version to appear in Commun. Math. Phys