Deformed Gauge Theories
High Energy Physics - Theory
2008-11-26 v1
Abstract
Gauge theories are studied on a space of functions with the Moyal-Weyl product. The development of these ideas follows the differential geometry of the usual gauge theories, but several changes are forced upon us. The Leibniz rule has to be changed such that the theory is now based on a twisted Hopf algebra. Nevertheless, this twisted symmetry structure leads to conservation laws. The symmetry has to be extended from Lie algebra valued to enveloping algebra valued and new vector potentials have to be introduced. As usual, field equations are subjected to consistency conditions that restrict the possible models. Some examples are studied.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0608135,
title = {Deformed Gauge Theories},
author = {Julius Wess},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0608135},
year = {2008}
}
Comments
15 pages, Lecture given at Workshop "Noncommutative Geomerty in Field and String Theories", Corfu 2005