Abstract
Research progress on the noncommutative gauge theories on the Moyal space is discussed in this minireview. We first present a brief overview on the development of gauge theories on Moyal space, with an emphasis on the role of Seiberg–Witten maps. Two important relations induced by reversible Seiberg–Witten maps, namely the formal equivalence of the on-shell DeWitt background field effective action in general and the explicit identical relation between tree-level scattering amplitudes in noncommutative quantum electrodynamics (NCQED), are described in some detail. We then proceed to the properties of the tree-level two-by-two scattering amplitudes in NCQED, including a forward scattering singularity in NCQED Compton scattering. After covering some phenomenological perspectives of noncommutative Yang–Mills (NCYM)-based models, outlooks for the future are given at the end.
Similar content being viewed by others
Data availability
The data sets generated during and/or analysed during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Notes
The \(\star\)-product has also an alternative integral formulation, making its nonlocal character more transparent.
We are particularly grateful to Peter Schupp for comments on the connection between SW maps and the Morita equivalence among star products and on the Kontsevich formality approach (see the next subsection).
We speculate that the answer to this question may be within/connected to the regularization of IR divergences in NCQED at loop levels, which is still unknown at this moment.
References
N. Arkani-Hamed, S. Dimopoulos, G.R. Dvali, The Hierarchy problem and new dimensions at a millimeter. Phys. Lett. B 429, 263 (1998). arXiv:hep-ph/9803315
G. Amelino-Camelia, J.R. Ellis, N.E. Mavromatos, D.V. Nanopoulos, S. Sarkar, Tests of quantum gravity from observations of gamma-ray bursts. Nature 393, 763 (1998). arXiv:astro-ph/9712103
H.S. Snyder, Quantized space-time. Phys. Rev. 71, 38 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.71.38
H.S. Snyder, The electromagnetic field in quantized space-time. Phys. Rev. 72, 68 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRev.72.68
N. Seiberg, E. Witten, String theory and noncommutative geometry. JHEP 09, 032 (1999)
M. Kontsevich, Deformation quantization of Poisson manifolds. 1. Lett. Math. Phys. 66, 157 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:MATH.0000027508.00421.bf. arXiv:q-alg/9709040
J. Madore, S. Schraml, P. Schupp, J. Wess, Gauge theory on noncommutative spaces. Eur. Phys. J. C 16, 161 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520050012. arXiv:hep-th/0001203
B. Jurco, P. Schupp, Noncommutative Yang–Mills from equivalence of star products. Eur. Phys. J. C 14, 367 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520000380. arXiv:hep-th/0001032
B. Jurco, L. Moller, S. Schraml, P. Schupp, J. Wess, Construction of nonAbelian gauge theories on noncommutative spaces. Eur. Phys. J. C 21, 383 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100520100731. arXiv:hep-th/0104153
B. Jurco, P. Schupp, J. Wess, NonAbelian noncommutative gauge theory via noncommutative extra dimensions. Nucl. Phys. B 604, 148 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1016/S0550-3213(01)00191-2. arXiv:hep-th/0102129
B. Jurco, P. Schupp, J. Wess, Noncommutative line bundle and Morita equivalence. Lett. Math. Phys. 61, 171 (2002). arXiv:hep-th/0106110
R. Jackiw, S.Y. Pi, Covariant coordinate transformations on noncommutative space. Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 111603 (2002). arXiv:hep-th/0111122
J. Madore, An Introduction to Noncommutative Differential Geometry and its Physical Applications, 2nd edn. (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1999)
J. Gomis, T. Mehen, Space-time noncommutative field theories and unitarity. Nucl. Phys. B 591, 265 (2000). arXiv:hep-th/0005129
O. Aharony, J. Gomis, T. Mehen, On theories with lightlike noncommutativity. JHEP 0009, 023 (2000). arXiv:hep-th/0006236
P.A.M. Dirac, The quantum theory of the electron. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 117, 610 (1928). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1928.0023
P.A.M. Dirac, Quantised singularities in the electromagnetic field. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 133(821), 60 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1931.0130
M. Born, L. Infeld, Foundations of the new field theory. Proc. R. Soc. Lond. A 144(852), 425 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1934.0059
R.J. Szabo, Quantum gravity, field theory and signatures of noncommutative spacetime. Gen. Rel. Grav. 42, 1–29 (2010). arXiv:0906.2913
C.P. Martin, D. Sanchez-Ruiz, The one-loop UV divergent structure of U(1) Yang–Mills theory on noncommutative \(R^4\). Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 476–479 (1999). arXiv:hep-th/9903077
H. Liu, *-Trek II: *(n) operations, open Wilson lines and the Seiberg–Witten map. Nucl. Phys. B 614, 305 (2001). arXiv:hep-th/0011125
Y. Okawa, H. Ooguri, An exact solution to Seiberg–Witten equation of noncommutative gauge theory. Phys. Rev. D 64, 046009 (2001). arXiv:hep-th/0104036
D. Brace, B.L. Cerchiai, B. Zumino, Nonabelian gauge theories on noncommutative spaces. Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 17, 205 (2002). arXiv:hep-th/0107225
C.P. Martin, The gauge anomaly and the Seiberg–Witten map. Nucl. Phys. B 652, 72–92 (2003)
F. Brandt, C.P. Martin, F.R. Ruiz, Anomaly freedom in Seiberg–Witten noncommutative gauge theories. JHEP 07, 068 (2003)
G. Barnich, F. Brandt, M. Grigoriev, Seiberg–Witten maps and noncommutative Yang-Mills theories for arbitrary gauge groups. JHEP 0208, 023 (2002)
C.P. Martin, Computing the \(\theta\)-exact Seiberg–Witten map for arbitrary gauge groups. Phys. Rev. D 86, 065010 (2012). arXiv:1206.2814 [hep-th]
J. Trampetic, J. You, \(\theta\)-exact Seiberg-Witten maps at order \(e^3\), Phys. Rev. D 91(12), 125027 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.91.125027. arXiv:1501.00276 [hep-th]
R. Horvat, A. Ilakovac, P. Schupp, J. Trampetić, J. You, Yukawa couplings and seesaw neutrino masses in noncommutative gauge theory. Phys. Lett. B 715, 340 (2012)
M. Bordemann, N. Neumaier, S. Waldmann, S. Weiss, Deformation quantization of surjective submersions and principal fibre bundles. Crelle’s J. Reine Angew. Math. 639, 1–38 (2010) [Abstract] [PDF] [MR2608189] [Zbl05687061]. arXiv:0711.2965
H. Bursztyn, V. Dolgushev, S. Waldmann, Morita equivalence and characteristic classes of star products. Crelle’s J. Reine Angew. Math. 662, 95–163 (2012) [Abstract] [PDF] [MR2876262] [Zbl1237.53080]. arXiv:0909.4259
X. Calmet, B. Jurco, P. Schupp, J. Wess, M. Wohlgenannt, The standard model on non-commutative space-time. Eur. Phys. J. C 23, 363–376 (2002)
W. Behr, N. Deshpande, G. Duplančić, P. Schupp, J. Trampetić, J. Wess, The \(Z \rightarrow \gamma \gamma, g g\) decays in the noncommutative standard model. Eur. Phys. J. C 29, 441–446 (2003)
P. Aschieri, B. Jurco, P. Schupp, J. Wess, Non-commutative GUTs, standard model and C, P, T. Nucl. Phys. B 651, 45–70 (2003)
C.P. Martin, The minimal and the new minimal supersymmetric grand unified theories on noncommutative space-time. Class. Quant. Grav. 30, 155019 (2013)
M. Buric, V. Radovanovic, J. Trampetic, The one-loop renormalization of the gauge sector in the noncommutative standard model. JHEP 03, 030 (2007)
D. Latas, V. Radovanovic, J. Trampetic, Non-commutative SU(N) gauge theories and asymptotic freedom. Phys. Rev. D 76, 085006 (2007)
M. Buric, D. Latas, V. Radovanovic and J. Trampetic, The absence of the 4 psi divergence in noncommutative chiral models. Phys. Rev. D 77, 045031 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.77.045031. arXiv:0711.0887 [hep-th]
C.P. Martin, C. Tamarit, Noncommutative GUT inspired theories and the UV finiteness of the fermionic four point functions. Phys. Rev. D 80, 065023 (2009). arXiv:0907.2464
C.P. Martin, C. Tamarit, Renormalisability of noncommutative GUT inspired field theories with anomaly safe groups. JHEP 0912, 042 (2009). arXiv:0910.2677 [hep-th]
M. Buric, D. Latas, V. Radovanovic, J. Trampetic, Chiral fermions in noncommutative electrodynamics: renormalisability and dispersion. Phys. Rev. D 83, 045023 (2011). arXiv:1009.4603 [hep-th]
P. Schupp, J. Trampetic, J. Wess, G. Raffelt, The photon neutrino interaction in NC gauge field theory and astrophysical bounds. Eur. Phys. J. C 36, 405–410 (2004)
P. Minkowski, P. Schupp, J. Trampetic, Neutrino dipole moments and charge radii in non- commutative space-time. Eur. Phys. J. C 37, 123–128 (2004)
J.L. Hewett, F.J. Petriello, T.G. Rizzo, Signals for noncommutative interactions at linear colliders. Phys. Rev. D 64, 075012 (2001). arXiv:hep-ph/0010354
S. Godfrey, M.A. Doncheski, Signals for noncommutative QED in e gamma and gamma gamma collisions. Phys. Rev. D 65, 015005 (2002). arXiv:hep-ph/0108268
S.K. Garg, T. Shreecharan, P.K. Das, N.G. Deshpande, G. Rajasekaran, TeV scale implications of non commutative space time in laboratory frame with polarized beams. JHEP 1107, 024 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP07(2011)024. arXiv:1105.5203
T. Ohl, J. Reuter, Testing the noncommutative standard model at a future photon collider. Phys. Rev. D 70, 076007 (2004)
A. Alboteanu, T. Ohl, R. Ruckl, Probing the noncommutative standard model at hadron colliders. Phys. Rev. D 74, 096004 (2006)
M. Buric, D. Latas, V. Radovanovic, J. Trampetic, Nonzero \(Z \rightarrow \gamma \gamma\) decays in the renormalizable gauge sector of the NCSM. Phys. Rev. D 75, 097701 (2007)
T. Mehen, M.B. Wise, Generalized *-products Wilson lines and the solution of the Seiberg–Witten equations. JHEP 12, 008 (2000)
S. Meljanac, A. Samsarov, J. Trampetic, M. Wohlgenannt, Scalar field propagation in the \(\phi ^4\) kappa-Minkowski model. JHEP 12, 010 (2011)
S. Meljanac, S. Mignemi, J. Trampetic, J. You, Nonassociative Snyder \(\phi ^4\) quantum field theory. Phys. Rev. D 96(4), 045021 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.96.045021. arXiv:1703.10851 [hep-th]
S. Meljanac, S. Mignemi, J. Trampetic, J. You, UV-IR mixing in nonassociative Snyder \(\phi ^4\) theory. Phys. Rev. D 97(5), 055041 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.97.055041. arXiv:1711.09639 [hep-th]
T. Filk, Divergencies in a field theory on quantum space. Phys. Lett. B 376, 53–58 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1016/0370-2693(96)00024-X
S. Minwalla, M. Van Raamsdonk, N. Seiberg, Noncommutative perturbative dynamics. JHEP 0002, 020 (2000). arXiv:hep-th/9912072
M. Hayakawa, Perturbative analysis on infrared aspects of noncommutative QED on \(R**4\). Phys. Lett. B 478, 394 (2000). arXiv:hep-th/9912094
M. Van Raamsdonk, N. Seiberg, Comments on noncommutative perturbative dynamics. JHEP 0003, 035 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2000/03/035. arXiv:hep-th/0002186
A. Matusis, L. Susskind, N. Toumbas, The IR/UV connection in the non-commutative gauge theories. JHEP 12, 002 (2000)
M. Van Raamsdonk, The meaning of infrared singularities in noncommutative gauge theories’. JHEP 11, 006 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2001/11/006. arXiv:hep-th/0110093
R. Horvat, A. Ilakovac, J. Trampetic, J. You, On UV/IR mixing in noncommutative gauge field theories. JHEP 12, 081 (2011). arXiv:1109.2485 [hep-th]
H. Grosse, M. Wohlgenannt, On \(\kappa\)-it deformation and UV/IR mixing. Nucl. Phys. B 748, 473 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2006.05.004. arXiv:hep-th/0507030
R. Horvat, J. Trampetic, Constraining noncommutative field theories with holography. JHEP 1101, 112 (2011). arXiv:1009.2933
D. Lust, E. Palti, Scalar Fields. Hierarchical UV/IR Mixing and The Weak Gravity Conjecture, JHEP 1802, 040 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP02(2018)040. arXiv:1709.01790
C.P. Martin, J. Trampetic, J. You, Quantum noncommutative ABJM theory: first steps. JHEP 1804, 070 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2018)070. arXiv:1711.09664
J. Zeiner, Noncommutative quantumelectrodynamics from Seiberg–Witten Maps to all orders in Theta (mu nu) (Wurzburg U.). Jul. PhD thesis, p. 139 (2007)
P. Schupp, J. You, UV/IR mixing in noncommutative QED defined by Seiberg–Witten map. JHEP 08, 107 (2008)
C.P. Martin, J. Trampetic, J. You, Super Yang-Mills and \(\theta\)-exact Seiberg-Witten map: absence of quadratic noncommutative IR divergences. JHEP 1605, 169 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP05(2016)169. arXiv:1602.01333 [hep-th]
R. Horvat, A. Ilakovac, P. Schupp, J. Trampetic, J. You, Neutrino propagation in noncommutative spacetimes. JHEP 04, 108 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP04(2012)108. arXiv:1111.4951 [hep-th]
R. Horvat, A. Ilakovac, J. Trampetic, J. You, Self-energies on deformed spacetimes. JHEP 11, 071 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP11(2013)071. arXiv:1306.1239 [hep-th]
R. Horvat, J. Trampetić, J. You, Photon self-interaction on deformed spacetime, Phys. Rev. D 92(12), 125006 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.92.125006. arXiv:1510.08691 [hep-th]
C.P. Martin, J. Trampetic, J. You, Quantum duality under the \(\theta\)-exact Seiberg-Witten map. JHEP 1609, 052 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP09(2016)052. arXiv:1607.01541
C.P. Martin, J. Trampetic, J. You, Equivalence of quantum field theories related by the \(\theta\)-exact Seiberg-Witten map, Phys. Rev. D 94(4), 041703 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.94.041703. arXiv:1606.03312 [hep-th]
D. Latas, J. Trampetić, J. You, Seiberg–Witten map invariant scatterings, Phys. Rev. D 104(1), 015021 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.015021. arXiv:2012.07891
R. Horvat, D. Latas, J. Trampetić, J. You, Light-by-light scattering and spacetime noncommutativity, Phys. Rev. D 101(9), 095035 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.101.095035. arXiv:2002.01829 [hep-ph]
J. Trampetić, J. You, Seiberg–Witten maps and scattering amplitudes of NCQED, Phys. Rev. D 105(7), 075016 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.105.075016. arXiv:2111.04154 [hep-th]
S. Raju, The Noncommutative S-Matrix. JHEP 0906, 005 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1088/1126-6708/2009/06/005
J.H. Huang, R. Huang, Y. Jia, Tree amplitudes of noncommutative U(N) Yang–Mills Theory. J. Phys. A 44, 425401 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1088/1751-8113/44/42/425401
M.E. Peskin, D.V. Schroeder, An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory (Perseus Books, Cambridge, 1995)
C.P. Martin, J. Trampetić, J. You, UV/IR mixing in noncommutative SU(N) Yang-Mills theory, Eur. Phys. J. C 81(10), 878 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-021-09686-5. arXiv:2012.09119 [hep-th]
R. Horvat, D. Kekez, J. Trampetic, Spacetime noncommutativity and ultra-high energy cosmic ray experiments. Phys. Rev. D 83, 065013 (2011). arXiv:1005.3209 [hep-ph]
R. Horvat, D. Kekez, P. Schupp, J. Trampetic, J. You, Photon-neutrino interaction in theta-exact covariant noncommutative field theory. Phys. Rev. D 84, 045004 (2011)
R. Horvat, A. Ilakovac, D. Kekez, J. Trampetic, J. You, Forbidden and Invisible Z Boson Decays in Covariant theta-exact Noncommutative Standard Model. J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 41, 055007 (2014). arXiv:1204.6201 [hep-ph]
R. Horvat, J. Trampetic, J. You, Spacetime deformation effect on the early universe and the PTOLEMY experiment. Phys. Lett. B 772, 130 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2017.06.028. arXiv:1703.04800 [hep-ph]
R. Horvat, J. Trampetic, J. You, Inferring type and scale of noncommutativity from the PTOLEMY experiment, Eur. Phys. J. C 78(7,) 572 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjc/s10052-018-6052-1. arXiv:1711.09643 [hep-ph]
J. Selvaganapathy, P. Konar, P.K. Das, Inferring the covariant \(\Theta\)- exact noncommutative coupling in the top quark pair production at linear colliders. JHEP 1906, 108 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP06(2019)108. arXiv:1903.03478 [hep-ph]
W. Wang, J.H. Huang, Z.M. Sheng, TeV scale phenomenology of \(e^+e^- \rightarrow \mu ^+ \mu ^-\) scattering in the noncommutative standard model with hybrid gauge transformation. Phys. Rev. D 86, 025003 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.86.025003. arXiv:1205.0666 [hep-ph]
J. Selvaganapathy, P. K. Das, P. Konar, Search for associated production of Higgs with Z boson in the noncommutative Standard Model at linear colliders, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 30(26), 1550159 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217751X15501596. arXiv:1509.06478 [hep-ph]
M. R. Bekli, I. Chadou, N. Mebarki, Bounds on the scale of noncommutativity from mono photon production in ATLAS Runs -1 and -2 experiments at LHC energies, Int. J. Geom. Meth. Mod. Phys. 18(08,) 2150126 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219887821501267. arXiv:2012.04331 [hep-ph]
A.G. Cohen, S.L. Glashow, Very special relativity. Phys. Rev. Lett. 97, 021601 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.021601. arXiv:hep-ph/0601236
G. Aad et al., [ATLAS Collaboration], Observation of light-by-light scattering in ultraperipheral Pb+Pb collisions with the ATLAS detector, Phys. Rev. Lett. 123(5), 052001 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.052001. arXiv:1904.03536 [hep-ex]
Acknowledgements
J.T. thanks Dieter Lüst for many discussions and acknowledges the support of the Max-Planck-Institute for Physics, München, Germany, for hospitality.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Noncommutativity and Physics. Guest editors: George Zoupanos, Konstantinos Anagnostopoulos, Peter Schupp.
Rights and permissions
Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.
About this article
Cite this article
Trampetić, J., You, J. Revisiting NCQED and scattering amplitudes. Eur. Phys. J. Spec. Top. 232, 3723–3731 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-00837-1
Received:
Accepted:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1140/epjs/s11734-023-00837-1