Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2003-03-13
Int.J.Mod.Phys. A19 (2004) 227-248
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
28 pages, LaTeX, no figures
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0217751X04017586
We introduce a matrix model for noncommutative gravity, based on the gauge group $U(2) \otimes U(2)$. The vierbein is encoded in a matrix $Y_{\mu}$, having values in the coset space $U(4)/ (U(2) \otimes U(2))$, while the spin connection is encoded in a matrix $X_\mu$, having values in $U(2) \otimes U(2)$. We show how to recover the Einstein equations from the $\theta \to 0$ limit of the matrix model equations of motion. We stress the necessity of a metric tensor, which is a covariant representation of the gauge group in order to set up a consistent second order formalism. We finally define noncommutative gravitational instantons as generated by $U(2) \otimes U(2)$ valued quasi-unitary operators acting on the background of the Matrix model. Some of these solutions have naturally self-dual or anti-self-dual spin connections.
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