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Morita Duality and Noncommutative Wilson Loops in Two Dimensions

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-11 v2

Abstract

We describe a combinatorial approach to the analysis of the shape and orientation dependence of Wilson loop observables on two-dimensional noncommutative tori. Morita equivalence is used to map the computation of loop correlators onto the combinatorics of non-planar graphs. Several nonperturbative examples of symmetry breaking under area-preserving diffeomorphisms are thereby presented. Analytic expressions for correlators of Wilson loops with infinite winding number are also derived and shown to agree with results from ordinary Yang-Mills theory.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0506016,
  title  = {Morita Duality and Noncommutative Wilson Loops in Two Dimensions},
  author = {Michele Cirafici and Luca Griguolo and Domenico Seminara and Richard J. Szabo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0506016},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

32 pages, 9 figures; v2: clarifying comments added; Final version to be published in JHEP