A Note on UV/IR Mixing and Non-Commutative Instanton Calculus

2003/12/18 by Andreas A Bichl, Andreas A. Bichl, Bichl, Andreas A.
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0312230

17 pages, LaTeX2e

arxiv created 2003/12/18 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01

Abstract

We estimate the instanton-induced vacuum energy in non-commutative U(1) Yang-Mills theory in four dimensions. In the dilute gas approximation, it is found to be plagued by infrared divergences, as a result of UV/IR mixing.

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