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Noncommutativity and the lightfront

High Energy Physics - Theory 2010-04-23 v2

Abstract

We discuss various limits which transform configuration space into phase space, with emphasis on those related to lightfront field theory, and show that they are unified by spectral flow. Examples include quantising in `almost lightfront' coordinates and the appearance of lightlike noncommutativity from a strong background laser field. We compare this with the limit of a strong magnetic field, and investigate the role played by lightfront zero modes.

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@article{arxiv.0908.2917,
  title  = {Noncommutativity and the lightfront},
  author = {Thomas Heinzl and Anton Ilderton and Mattias Marklund},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0908.2917},
  year   = {2010}
}

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7 pages, 2 eps figures. V2: minor changes, references added

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