Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-09-09
JHEP 0206 (2002) 010
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
24 pages, latex, 2 figures, corrected typo in eqn 6.6
Scientific paper
10.1088/1126-6708/2002/06/010
We study strong coupling phenomena in U(1) gauge theory on the non-commutative plane. To do so, we make use of a T-dual description in terms of an $N\to\infty$ limit of U(N) gauge theory on a commutative torus. The magnetic flux on this torus is taken to be $m=N-1$, while the area scales like 1/N, keeping $\Lambda_{QCD}$ fixed. With a few assumptions, we argue that the speed of high frequency light in pure non-commutative QED is modified in the non-commutative directions by the factor $1 + \Lambda_{QCD}^4 \theta^2$, where $\theta$ is the non-commutative parameter. If charged flavours are included, there is an upper bound on the momentum of a photon propagating in the non-commutative directions, beyond which it is unstable against production of charged pairs. We also discuss a particular $\theta\to\infty$ limit of pure non-commutative QED which is T-dual to a more conventional $N\to\infty$ limit with $m/N$ fixed. In the non-commutative description, this limit gives rise to an exotic theory of open strings.
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