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Noncommutative Induced Gauge Theory

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider an external gauge potential minimally coupled to a renormalisable scalar theory on 4-dimensional Moyal space and compute in position space the one-loop Yang-Mills-type effective theory generated from the integration over the scalar field. We find that the gauge invariant effective action involves, beyond the expected noncommutative version of the pure Yang-Mills action, additional terms that may be interpreted as the gauge theory counterpart of the harmonic oscillator term, which for the noncommutative ϕ4\phi^4-theory on Moyal space ensures renormalisability. The expression of a possible candidate for a renormalisable action for a gauge theory defined on Moyal space is conjectured and discussed.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0703075,
  title  = {Noncommutative Induced Gauge Theory},
  author = {Axel de Goursac and Jean-Christophe Wallet and Raimar Wulkenhaar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0703075},
  year   = {2008}
}

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20 pages, 6 figures