Probability distribution of the index in gauge theory on 2d non-commutative geometry

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2006-04-13

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0604093v2

JHEP 0710:024,2007

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

16 pages,10 figures, version appeared in JHEP

Scientific paper

10.1088/1126-6708/2007/10/024

We investigate the effects of non-commutative geometry on the topological aspects of gauge theory using a non-perturbative formulation based on the twisted reduced model. The configuration space is decomposed into topological sectors labeled by the index nu of the overlap Dirac operator satisfying the Ginsparg-Wilson relation. We study the probability distribution of nu by Monte Carlo simulation of the U(1) gauge theory on 2d non-commutative space with periodic boundary conditions. In general the distribution is asymmetric under nu -> -nu, reflecting the parity violation due to non-commutative geometry. In the continuum and infinite-volume limits, however, the distribution turns out to be dominated by the topologically trivial sector. This conclusion is consistent with the instanton calculus in the continuum theory. However, it is in striking contrast to the known results in the commutative case obtained from lattice simulation, where the distribution is Gaussian in a finite volume, but the width diverges in the infinite-volume limit. We also calculate the average action in each topological sector, and provide deeper understanding of the observed phenomenon.

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