Worldline approach to noncommutative field theory

The study of the heat-trace expansion in non-commutative field theory has shown the existence of Moyal non-local Seeley–DeWitt coefficients which are related to the UV/IR mixing and manifest, in some cases, the non-renormalizability of the theory. We show that these models can be studied in a worldl...

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Autores principales: Bonezzi, Roberto, Corradini, Olindo, Franchino Viñas, Sebastián Alberto, González Pisani, Pablo Andrés
Formato: Articulo Preprint
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Publicado: 2012
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Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/129668
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Sumario:The study of the heat-trace expansion in non-commutative field theory has shown the existence of Moyal non-local Seeley–DeWitt coefficients which are related to the UV/IR mixing and manifest, in some cases, the non-renormalizability of the theory. We show that these models can be studied in a worldline approach implemented in phase space and arrive at a master formula for the n-point contribution to the heat-trace expansion. This formulation could be useful in understanding some open problems in this area, as the heat-trace expansion for the non-commutative torus or the introduction of renormalizing terms in the action, as well as for generalizations to other non-local operators.