Comments on Noncommutative Sigma Models
High Energy Physics - Theory
2014-11-18 v2
Abstract
We review the derivation of a noncommutative version of the nonlinear sigma model on and it's soliton solutions for finite emphasizing the similarities it bears to the GMS scalar field theory. It is also shown that unlike the scalar theory, some care needs to be taken in defining the topological charge of BPS solitons of the theory due to nonvanishing surface terms in the energy functional. Finally it is shown that, like its commutative analogue, the noncommutative -model also exhibits a non-BPS sector. Unlike the commutative case however, there are some surprises in the noncommutative case that merit further study.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0211171,
title = {Comments on Noncommutative Sigma Models},
author = {Jeff Murugan and Rory Adams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0211171},
year = {2014}
}
Comments
22 pages, 4 figures, LaTeX (JHEP3), Minor changes, Discussion expanded and references added