Acta Physica Polonica B

Vol. 34, No. 10, October 2003, page 4711


The Non-Commutative \lambda \phi 4 Model

W. Bietenholz, F. Hofheinz, J. Nishimura

In the recent years, field theory on non-commutative (NC) spaces has attracted a lot of attention. Most literature on this subject deals with perturbation theory, although the latter runs into grave problems beyond one loop. Here we present results from a fully non-perturbative approach. In particular, we performed numerical simulations of the \lambda \phi4 model with two NC spatial coordinates, and a commutative Euclidean time. This theory is lattice discretized and then mapped onto a matrix model. The simulation results reveal a phase diagram with various types of ordered phases. We discuss the suitable order parameters, as well as the spatial and temporal correlators. The dispersion relation clearly shows a trend towards the expected IR singularity. Its parameterization provides the tool to extract the continuum limit.

PACS numbers: 11.10.Nx, 11.30.Cp, 05.50.+q


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