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Aspects of gauge theory on commutative and noncommutative tori

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Published 16 May 2001 Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd
, , Citation Zachary Guralnik and Jan Troost JHEP05(2001)022 DOI 10.1088/1126-6708/2001/05/022

1126-6708/2001/05/022

Abstract

We study aspects of gauge theory on tori which are a consequences of Morita equivalence. In particular we study the behavior of gauge theory on non-commutative tori for arbitrarily close rational values of Θ. For such values of Θ, there are Morita equivalent descriptions in terms of Yang-Mills theories on commutative tori with very different magnetic fluxes and rank. In order for the correlators of open Wilson lines to depend smoothly on Θ, the correlators of closed Wilson lines in the commutative Yang-Mills theory must satisfy strong constraints. If exactly satisfied, these constraints give relations between small and largeN gauge theories. We verify that these constraints are obeyed at leading order in the 1/N expansion of pure 2-d QCD and of strongly coupled Script N = 4 super Yang-Mills theory.

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10.1088/1126-6708/2001/05/022