Phase structure of non-commutative scalar field theories
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چکیده
We investigate the phase structure of non-commutative scalar field theories and find evidence for ordered phases which break translation invariance. A self-consistent oneloop analysis indicates that the transition into these ordered phases is first order. The phase structure and the existence of scaling limits provides an alternative to the structure of counter-terms in determining the renormalizability of non-commutative field theories. On the basis of the existence of a critical point in the closely related planar theory, we argue that there are renormalizable interacting non-commutative scalar field theories in dimensions two and above. The example we consider is the large N limit of a non-commutative O(N) vector model, for which the self-consistent one-loop approximation becomes exact.
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