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Deconstructing Noncommutativity with a Giant Fuzzy Moose

High Energy Physics - Theory 2014-11-18 v2

Abstract

We argue that the worldvolume theories of D-branes probing orbifolds with discrete torsion develop, in the large quiver limit, new non-commutative directions. This provides an explicit `deconstruction' of a wide class of noncommutative theories. This also provides insight into the physical meaning of discrete torsion and its relation to the T-dual B field. We demonstrate that the strict large quiver limit reproduces the matrix theory construction of higher-dimensional D-branes, and argue that finite `fuzzy moose' theories provide novel regularizations of non-commutative theories and explicit string theory realizations of gauge theories on fuzzy tori. We also comment briefly on the relation to NCOS, (2,0) and little string theories.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0111079,
  title  = {Deconstructing Noncommutativity with a Giant Fuzzy Moose},
  author = {Allan Adams and Michal Fabinger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0111079},
  year   = {2014}
}

Comments

22 pages, 3 figures, typos caught and refs added; expanded interpretation of discrete torsion