Published April 1, 2009 | Version v1
Journal article

Twisted conformal field theories and Morita equivalence

  • 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universita di Napoli 'Federico II' and INFN, Sezione di Napoli, Compl. universitario M. Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli (Italy)
  • 2. Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Universita di Napoli 'Federico II', Compl. universitario M. Sant'Angelo, Via Cinthia, 80126 Napoli (Italy)
  • 3. CNISM, Unita di Ricerca di Salerno and Dipartimento di Fisica 'E.R. Caianiello', Universita degli Studi di Salerno, Via Salvador Allende, 84081 Baronissi (Italy)

Description

The Morita equivalence for field theories on noncommutative two-tori is analysed in detail for rational values of the noncommutativity parameter θ (in appropriate units): an isomorphism is established between an Abelian noncommutative field theory (NCFT) and a non-Abelian theory of twisted fields on ordinary space. We focus on a particular conformal field theory (CFT), the one obtained by means of the m-reduction procedure [V. Marotta, J. Phys. A 26 (1993) 3481; V. Marotta, Mod. Phys. Lett. A 13 (1998) 853; V. Marotta, Nucl. Phys. B 527 (1998) 717; V. Marotta, A. Sciarrino, Mod. Phys. Lett. A 13 (1998) 2863], and show that it is the Morita equivalent of a NCFT. Finally, the whole m-reduction procedure is shown to be the image in the ordinary space of the Morita duality. An application to the physics of a quantum Hall fluid at Jain fillings ν=m/(2pm+1) is explicitly discussed in order to further elucidate such a correspondence and to clarify its role in the physics of strongly correlated systems. A new picture emerges, which is very different from the existing relationships between noncommutativity and many body systems [A.P. Polychronakos, arXiv: 0706.1095]

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.10.016

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.nuclphysb.2008.10.016;
arXiv
arXiv:0901.1194v1;
PII
S0550-3213(08)00611-1;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Nuclear Physics. B
Journal Volume
810
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 575-590
ISSN
0550-3213
CODEN
NUPBBO

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
40061616
Subject category
S72: PHYSICS OF ELEMENTARY PARTICLES AND FIELDS;
Descriptors DEI
COMMUTATION RELATIONS; CONFORMAL INVARIANCE; DUALITY; MANY-BODY PROBLEM; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
Descriptors DEC
FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES

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Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.