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Construction of Gauge Theories on Curved Noncommutative Spacetime

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v4

Abstract

We present a method where derivations of star-product algebras are used to build covariant derivatives for noncommutative gauge theory. We write down a noncommutative action by linking these derivations to a frame field induced by a nonconstant metric. An example is given where the action reduces in the classical limit to scalar electrodynamics on a curved background. We further use the Seiberg-Witten map to extend the formalism to arbitrary gauge groups. A proof of the existence of the Seiberg-Witten-map for an abelian gauge potential is given for the formality star-product. We also give explicit formulas for the Weyl ordered star-product and its Seiberg-Witten-maps up to second order.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0309145,
  title  = {Construction of Gauge Theories on Curved Noncommutative Spacetime},
  author = {Wolfgang Behr and Andreas Sykora},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0309145},
  year   = {2009}
}

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35 pages, v2: references added, v3: PACS added, v4: final version, changes in the order of presentation