Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2003-02Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T20:23:07Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 cabreracarnero_i_dr_ift.pdf: 1015322 bytes, checksum: 915c6683e6c1c022f54ca1d9f5a03904 (MD5) / Nesta fase construísmo e estudamos uma nova classe de modelos integráveis (relativístico e não relativístico) em duas dimensões, associados à álgebra afim 'A IND.3 POT.(1)'. Estes modelos apresentam sólitons tipológicos os quais portam duas cargas elétricas U(1) X U(1). O modelo de Toda afim (relativístico) é construído a partir do modelo WZNW mediante a calibração da ação Swznw e corresponde ao primeiro membro de grau negativo q = -1 de uma hierarquia de modelos cKP do tipo dyon. O modelo mais simples não relativístico dentro desta hierarquia corresponde ao grau q = 2 positivo. As soluções de 1-sóliton para ambos modelos foram construídas e relações explícitas entre ambas soluções (assim como entre as cargas conservadas) foram encontradas. Outro modelo integrável com simetrias não abelianas locais SL(2) X U(1) é introduzido. Numa aproximação à integrabilidade em espaços não-comutativos estudamos generalizações não comutativas no plano dos modelos integráveis bidimensionais sine-, sinh-Gordon e U(N) Quiral Principal. Calculando a amplitude de espalhamento à nível de árvore de um processo de produção de partículas provamos que a versão não-comutativa do modelo de sinh-Gordon que se obtém mediante a deformação Moyal da respectiva ação não é integrável. Por outro lado, a incorporação de vínculos adicionais que são obtidos a partir da generalização da condição de curvatura nula, tornam o modelo integrável. O modelo Quiral Principal generalizado a partir da deformação Moyal da ação, preserva a sua integrabilidade, ao contrário dos modelos sinh-Gordon e sine-Gordon. / In this thesis we have constructed and studied a new class of two-dimensional integrable models (relativistic and nonrelativistic), related to the affine algebra 'A IND.3 POT.(1)'. These models admit U(1) X U(1) charged topological solitons. The affine Toda relativistic model is constructed from the gauged WZNW action and corresponds to the first negative grade q = -1 member of a dyonic hierarchy of cKP models. The simplest nonrelativistic model corresponds to the positive grade q = 2 of this hierarchy. The 1-soliton solutions for both models were constructed and explicit relations between them (and the conserved charges as well) were found. Another integrable model with local nonabelian SL(2) X U(1) simetries is introduced. In the context of integrability on noncommutative spaces, we have studied noncommutative generalizations on the plane of the two-dimensional integrable models sine-, sinh-Gordon and U(N) Principal Quiral. By computing for the sinh-Gordon model, the tree-level amplitude of a process of production of particles, we proved that the noncommutative generalization of this model that it is obtained by the Moyal deformation of the corresponding action is not integrable. On the other hand, the addition of extra constraints, obtained by the generalization of the zero-curvature method, renders the integrability of the model. The generalization of the Principal Quiral model by the Moyal deformation of the action preserves the integrability, contrary to the previous case

Estudamos a Mecânica Quântica não-relativística de sistemas físicos caracterizados pela presença de um grau de liberdade extra, que não comuta com a coordenada temporal. Na linguagem da Geometria Não-Comutativa, tratamos de sistemas descritos por uma álgebra da forma F(Q) X \"A IND.\"teta\"\"(R X \"S POT.1\"), onde F(Q) é a álgebra de funções sobre o espaço de configurações usual \"Q\" e \"A IND.\"teta\"\"(R X \"S POT.1\") é uma deformação de F(R X \"S POT.1\"), conhecida como cilindro não-comutativo. Do ponto de vista geométrico, os geradores do cilindro não-comutativo correspondem à coordenada temporal e a uma coordenada espacial (extra) compacta, em analogia com o caso das teorias do tipo Kaluza-Klein. Mostramos que, como resultado da não-comutatividade entre o tempo e a dimensão extra, a evolução temporal dos sistemas descritos por F(Q) X \"A_t(R X S 1) é discretizada. Ao desenvolver a teoria de espalhamento para sistemas definidos nesse espaço-tempo, verificamos o aparecimento de um efeito inexistente no caso usual: transições entre um estado \"in\" com energia \"E IND.\"alfa\"\" e um estado \"out\" com energia \"E IND.\"beta\"\" (diferente de \"E IND.\"alfa\"\") passam a ser possíveis. Mais especificamente, transições serão possíveis sempre que \"E IND.\"beta\" -\" E IND.\"alfa\" = 2\"pi\"/\"teta\"n, com n \'PERTENCE A\' aos inteiros. As conseqüências desse fato são investigadas de maneira qualitativa, no caso específico de uma barreira uni-dimensional do tipo delta. Essa análise é baseada na aproximação de Born para a matriz de transição / We study the nonrelativistic Quantum Mechanics of physical systems characterized F(Q) X \"A IND.\"teta\"\"(R X \"S POT.1\"), by the presence of an extra degree of freedom which does not commute with the time coordinate. In the language of Noncommutative Geometry, we deal with systems described by an algebra of the form F(Q) X \"A IND.\"teta\"\"(R X \"S POT.1\"),, where F(Q) is the algebra of functions over the usual con¯guration space \"Q\" e \"A IND.\"teta\"\"(R X\"S POT.1\") is a deformation of F(R X \"S POT.1\"), known as noncommutative cylinder. From a geometric viewpoint, the generators of the noncommutative cylinder correspond to the time coordinate and to an extra compact spatial coordinate, just like in Kaluza-Klein theories. We show that because of the noncommutativity between the time coordinate and the extra degree of freedom, the time evolution of systems described by F(Q) X \"A_t(R X S 1) is discretized. We develop the scattering theory for such systems, and verify the presence of a new e®ect: transitions from an in state with energy \"E IND.\"alfa\"\" and an out state with energy \"E IND.\"beta\"\" (diferente de \"E IND.\"alfa\"\") are now allowed, in contrast to the usual case. In fact, transitions take place whenever \"E IND.\"beta\" -\" E IND.\"alfa\" = 2\"pi\"/\"teta\"n,, with n \'PERTENCE A\'. The consequences of this result are investigated in the case of a one-dimensional delta barrier. Our analysis is based on the Born approximation for the transition matrix.

Noncommutative geometry generalizes many geometric results from such fields as differential geometry and algebraic geometry to a context where commutativity cannot be assumed. Unfortunately there are few concrete non-trivial examples of noncommutative objects. The aim of this thesis is to construct a noncommutative surface <img src="http://www.diva-portal.org/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?%5Cmathcal%7BC%7D_%5Chbar" /> which will be a generalization of the well known surface called the catenoid. This surface will be constructed using the Diamond lemma, derivations will be constructed over <img src="http://www.diva-portal.org/cgi-bin/mimetex.cgi?%5Cmathcal%7BC%7D_%5Chbar" /> and a general localization will be provided using the Ore condition.

De nombreuses approches à la gravité quantique suggèrent que la description usuelle de l’espace-temps ne serait pas adaptée à la description des phénomènes physiques impliquant à la fois des processus gravitationnels et quantiques. Une meilleure description pourrait consister à munir l’espace-temps d’une structure non-commutative en remplaçant les coordonnées locales sur la variété par des opérateurs ne commutant pas deux-à-deux. Il s’ensuit que le comportement des théories de champs construites sur de tels espaces diffère en général de celui des théories de champs ordinaires. L’étude de ces possibles nouvelles propriétés est l’objet de la théorie non-commutative des champs (TNCC) dont nous étudions certains des aspects.Dans le présent mémoire, nous considérons deux familles d’espaces quantiques dont l’algèbres de coordonnées admet une structure d’algèbre de Lie. La première famille est caractérisée par l’algèbre su(2) et apparait dans le cadre de modèle de gravité quantique en 3 dimensions, ainsi que dans certains modèles de « brane » et de « group field theory ». La seconde famille d’espaces quantiques est connue sous le nom de kappa-Minkowski. L’intérêt de cet espace réside dans le fait qu’il est défini comme l’espace homogène associé à l’algèbre de Hopf de kappa-Poincaré. Cette dernière définit une déformation, à l’échelle de Planck, de l’algèbre de Poincaré et s’avère être étroitement liée à certains modèles de gravité quantique.Afin d’étudier les TNCC, il est commode de représenter l’espace quantique comme une algèbre non-commutative de fonctions munie d’un produit déformé appelé « star-product ». Une façon canonique de construire un tel produit consiste à se servir d’outils d’analyse harmonique et à adapter le schéma de quantification de Weyl (originellement introduit dans le cadre de la mécanique quantique) à l’algèbre considérée. Les expressions de star-product associé aux espaces susmentionnés sont dérivées de manière explicite. Nous montrons en particulier que des familles de star-product inéquivalents peuvent être classifiées par des considérations cohomologiques. Nous étudions enfin les propriétés quantiques de différents modèles de TNCC scalaire quartique construits à l’aide de ces star-product. Dans le cas où l’espace quantique est caractérisé par l’algèbre su(2), nous trouvons que la fonction 2-point est fini à l’ordre une boucle, le paramètre de déformation jouant le rôle d’une coupure ultraviolette et infrarouge. Dans le cas de kappa-Minkowski, nous insistons sur l’invariance sous kappa-Poincaré de l’action fonctionnelle et montrons que certains modèles de TNCC scalaire quartique divergent moins que dans le cas commutatif. Par ailleurs, la fonction 4-point est trouvée finie à l’ordre une boucle. Nos résultats, ainsi que leurs conséquences, sont finalement discutés. / As many theoretical studies point out, the classical description of spacetime, as a continuum, might be no longer adequate to reconcile gravity with quantum mechanics at very high energy (the relevant energy scale being often regarded as the Planck scale). Instead, a more appropriate description could be provided by the data of a noncommutative algebra of coordinate operators replacing the usual commutative local coordinates on smooth manifold. Once the noncommutative nature of spacetime is assumed, it is to expect that the (classical and quantum) properties of field theories on noncommutative background differ from the ones of field theories on classical background. This is the aim of Non-Commutative Field Theory (NCFT) to explore and study these new properties.In the present dissertation, we consider two families of quantum spacetimes of Lie algebra type noncommutativity. The first family is characterised by su(2) noncommutativity and appears in the description of some models of quantum gravity in 3-dimensions. The other family of quantum spacetimes is known in the physics literature as the 4-d kappa-Minkowski space. The importance of this quantum spacetime lies into the fact that its symmetries are provided by the (quantum) kappa-Poincaré algebra (a deformation of the classical Poincaré algebra) together with the fact that the deformation parameter 'kappa', which is of mass dimension, provides a natural energy scale at which the quantum gravity effects may be relevant (and is often regarded as being related to the Planck scale). For these reasons, the kappa-Minkowski space appears as a good candidate for a spacetime to be involved in the description of Doubly Special Relativity and Relative Locality models.To study NCFT it is often convenient to introduce a star product characterising the (noncommutative) C*-algebra of fields modelling the quantum spacetime under consideration. We emphasise that a canonical star product can be obtained by using the group algebraic structures underlying the construction of such Lie algebra type quantum spaces, namely by making use of harmonic analysis on the corresponding Lie group together with the Weyl quantisation scheme. The explicit derivation of such star product for kappa-Minkowski is given. In addition, we show that su(2) Lie algebras of coordinate operators related to quantum spaces with su(2) noncommutativity can be conveniently represented by SO(3)-equivariant poly-differential involutive representations and show that the quantized plane waves obtained from the quantization map action on the usual exponential functions are determined by polar decomposition of operators combined with constraint stemming from the Wigner theorem for SU(2). We finally indicate a convenient way to extend this construction to other semi-simple but non simply connected Lie groups by making use of results from group cohomology with value in an abelian group that would replace the constraints stemming from the simple Wigner theorem.Then, we investigate the quantum properties of various models of interacting scalar field theory on noncommutative background making use of the aforementioned star product formalism to construct physically reasonable expressions for the action functional. Considering quantum spacetime with su(2) noncommutativity, we find that the one-loop 2-point function for complex scalar field theories with quartic interactions is finite, the deformation parameter playing the role of a natural UV cut-off. Special attention is paid to the derivation of the one-loop corrections to both the 2-point and 4-point functions for various models of kappa-Poincaré invariant scalar field theory with quartic interactions. In that case, we show that for some models the 2-point function divergences linearly thus slightly milder than their commutative counterpart, while the one-loop 4-point function is shown to be finite. The results we obtained together with their consequences are finally discussed.

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La géométrie non commutative, du fait qu'elle permet de généraliser des objets géométriques sous forme algébrique, offre des perspectives intéressantes pour réunir la théorie quantique des champs et la relativité générale dans un seul cadre. Elle peut être abordée selon différents points de vue et deux d'entre eux sont présentés dans cette thèse. Le premier, le calcul différentiel basé sur les dérivations, nous a permis de construire une action de Yang-Mills-Higgs dans laquelle apparait des champs pouvant être interprétés comme des champs de Higgs. Avec le second, les triplets spectraux, on peut généraliser la notion de distance entre état et calculer des formules de distance. C'est ce que nous avons fait dans le cas de l'espace de Moyal et du tore non commutatif. / Noncommutative geometry offers interesting prospects to gather the quantum field theory and relativity in one general framework because it allows one to generalize geometric objects algebraically. It can be approached from different points of view and two of them are presented in this PhD. The first, calculus based on derivations, allowed us to construct a Yang-Mills-Higgs action which appears in fields that can be interpreted as Higgs fields. With the second, spectral triples, we can generalize the notion of distance between states. We calculated the distance formulas in the case of the Moyal space and the noncommutative torus.

<p>This thesis describes some aspects of noncommutative geometry and conformal field theory. The motivation for the investigations made comes to a large extent from string theory. This theory is today considered to be the most promising way to find a solution to the problem of unifying the four fundamental interactions in one single theory. The thesis gives a short background presentation of string theory and points out how noncommutative geometry and conformal field theory are of relevance within the string theoretical framework. There is also given some further information on noncommutative geometry and conformal field theory. The results from the three papers on which the thesis is based are presented in the text. It is shown in Paper 1 that, for a gauge theory in a flat noncommutative background only the gauge groups <i>U(N)</i> can be used in a straightforward way. These theories can arise as low energy limits of string theory. Paper 2 concerns boundary conformal field theory, which can be used to describe open strings in various backgrounds. Here different orbifold theories which are described using simple currents of the chiral algebra are investigated. The formalism is applied to ``branes´´ in <b>Z</b>₂<b> </b>orbifolds of the <i>SU(2)</i> WZW-model and to the <i>D</i>-series of unitary minimal models. In Paper 3 two different descriptions of an invariant star-product on <i>S²</i> are compared and the characteristic class that classifies the star-product is calculated. The Fedosov-Nest-Tsygan index theorem is used to compute the characteristic class.</p>

This thesis describes some aspects of noncommutative geometry and conformal field theory. The motivation for the investigations made comes to a large extent from string theory. This theory is today considered to be the most promising way to find a solution to the problem of unifying the four fundamental interactions in one single theory. The thesis gives a short background presentation of string theory and points out how noncommutative geometry and conformal field theory are of relevance within the string theoretical framework. There is also given some further information on noncommutative geometry and conformal field theory. The results from the three papers on which the thesis is based are presented in the text. It is shown in Paper 1 that, for a gauge theory in a flat noncommutative background only the gauge groups U(N) can be used in a straightforward way. These theories can arise as low energy limits of string theory. Paper 2 concerns boundary conformal field theory, which can be used to describe open strings in various backgrounds. Here different orbifold theories which are described using simple currents of the chiral algebra are investigated. The formalism is applied to ``branes´´ in Z2 orbifolds of the SU(2) WZW-model and to the D-series of unitary minimal models. In Paper 3 two different descriptions of an invariant star-product on S² are compared and the characteristic class that classifies the star-product is calculated. The Fedosov-Nest-Tsygan index theorem is used to compute the characteristic class.

Noncommutative geometry has over the past four of decades grown into a rich field of study. Novel ideas and concepts are rapidly being developed, and a notable application of the theory outside of pure mathematics is quantum theory. This thesis will focus on a derivation-based approach to noncommutative geometry using the framework of real calculi, which is a rather direct approach to the subject. Due to their direct nature, real calculi are useful when studying classical concepts in Riemannian geometry and how they may be generalized to a noncommutative setting. This thesis aims to shed light on algebraic aspects of real calculi by introducing a concept of morphisms of real calculi, which enables the study of real calculi on a structural level. In particular, real calculi over matrix algebras are discussed both from an algebraic and a geometric perspective.Morphisms are also interpreted geometrically, giving a way to develop a noncommutative theory of embeddings. As an example, the noncommutative torus is minimally embedded into the noncommutative 3-sphere. / Ickekommutativ geometri har under de senaste fyra decennierna blivit ett etablerat forskningsområde inom matematiken. Nya idéer och koncept utvecklas i snabb takt, och en viktig fysikalisk tillämpning av teorin är inom kvantteorin. Denna avhandling kommer att fokusera på ett derivationsbaserat tillvägagångssätt inom ickekommutativ geometri där ramverket real calculi används, vilket är ett relativt direkt sätt att studera ämnet på. Eftersom analogin mellan real calculi och klassisk Riemanngeometri är intuitivt klar så är real calculi användbara när man undersöker hur klassiska koncept inom Riemanngeometri kan generaliseras till en ickekommutativ kontext. Denna avhandling ämnar att klargöra vissa algebraiska aspekter av real calculi genom att introducera morfismer för dessa, vilket möjliggör studiet av real calculi på en strukturell nivå. I synnerhet diskuteras real calculi över matrisalgebror från både ett algebraiskt och ett geometriskt perspektiv. Morfismer tolkas även geometriskt, vilket leder till en ickekommutativ teori för inbäddningar. Som ett exempel blir den ickekommutativa torusen minimalt inbäddad i den ickekommutativa 3-sfären.

In dieser Arbeit wird die analytische Fortsetzung von Quantenfeldtheorien auf dem nichtkommutativen Euklidischen Moyal-Raum mit kommutativer Zeit zu entsprechenden Moyal-Minkowski Raumzeit (Wick Rotation) erarbeitet. Dabei sind diese Moyal-Räume durch eine konstante Nichtkommutativiät gegeben. Einerseits wird die Wick Rotation im Kontext der algebraischen Quantenfeldtheorie, ausgehend von einer Arbeit von Schlingemann, hergeleitet. Von einem Netz Euklidischer Observablen wird die Lorentz’sche Theorie durch alle Bilder der fortgesetzten Poincare Gruppenwirkung auf der Zeit-Null Schicht erhalten. Dabei wird gezeigt, dass die Vorgänge der nichtkommutativen Deformation und der Wick Rotation kommutieren. Andererseits ist so eine analytische Fortsetzung ebenfalls für Quantenfeldtheorien, die durch einen Satz von Schwingerfunktionen definiert ist, möglich. Durch die Gültigkeit einer Kombination aus Wachstumsbedinungen, die aus der Wick Rotation von Osterwalder und Schrader bekannt sind, kann der Übergang zu einer deformierten Wightman-Theorie gezeigt werden. Abschließend beinhaltet diese Arbeit ergänzende Resultate zu den physikalischen Eigenschaften der Kovarianz und der Lokalität.