Causality in Non-Commutative Quantum Field Theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v3
Abstract
We study causality in non-commutative quantum field theory with a space-space non-commutativity. We employ the S-operator approach of Bogoliubov-Shirkov(BS). We generalize the BS criterion of causality to the noncommutative theory. The criterion to test causality leads to a nonzero difference between T*-product and T-product as a condition of causality violation for a spacelike separation. We discuss two examples; one in a scalar theory and one in the Yukawa theory. In particular, in the context of a non-commutative Yukawa theory, with the interaction Lagrangian , is observed to be causality violating even in case of space-space noncommutativity for which \theta^{0i}=0. \
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0701171,
title = {Causality in Non-Commutative Quantum Field Theories},
author = {Asrarul Haque and Satish D. Joglekar},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0701171},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
18 pages, LaTeX; A few changes in sections 3.2,3.3 and 4