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Non-commutativity in polar coordinates

High Energy Physics - Theory 2017-06-28 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We reconsider the fundamental commutation relations for non-commutative R2\mathbb{R}^{2} described in polar coordinates with non-commutativity parameter θ\theta. Previous analysis found that the natural transition from Cartesian coordinates to polars led to a representation of [r^,φ^]\left[\hat{r}, \hat{\varphi}\right] as an everywhere diverging series. We compute the Borel resummation of this series, showing that it can subsequently be extended throughout parameter space and hence provide an interpretation of this commutator. Our analysis provides a complete solution for arbitrary rr and θ\theta that reproduces the earlier calculations at lowest order. We compare our results to previous literature in the (pseudo-)commuting limit, finding a surprising spatial dependence for the coordinate commutator when θr2\theta \gg r^{2}. We raise some questions for future study in light of this progress.

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@article{arxiv.1607.04491,
  title  = {Non-commutativity in polar coordinates},
  author = {James P. Edwards},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.04491},
  year   = {2017}
}

Comments

7 pages, 1 appendix, 2 figures. Minor formatting issues fixed

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