Evidence for winding states in noncommutative quantum field theory

Authors
Fischler, W Gorbatov, E Kashani-Poor, A Paban, S Pouliot, P Gomis, J
Citation
W. Fischler et al., Evidence for winding states in noncommutative quantum field theory, J HIGH EN P, 2000(5), 2000, pp. NIL_504-NIL_518
Citations number
29
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
ISSN journal
10298479 → ACNP
Volume
2000
Issue
5
Year of publication
2000
Pages
NIL_504 - NIL_518
Database
ISI
SICI code
1029-8479(200005)2000:5<NIL_504:EFWSIN>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
We study noncommutative field theories at finite temperature to learn more about the degrees of freedom in the non-planar sector of these systems. We find evidence for winding states. At temperatures for which the thermal wav elength is smaller than the noncommutativity scale, there is a drastic redu ction of the degrees of freedom in the non-planar sector. In this regime, t he non-planar sector has thermodynamics resembling that of a 1 + 1 dimensio nal field theory.