Unitariedade em teorias não comutativas

Abstract

This work is dedicated to study unitarity in noncommutative field theory. Initially, the basic tools to handle the problem of unitarity in noncommutative theories are discussed, including the cutting rules and an introduction to noncommutativity. Then, we analised the noncommutative φ model. Using the usual perturbative framework of field theory, we verified that the model preserves unitarity when the noncommutativity is restrict to the spatial coordinates. On the other hand, when the noncommutativity includes both, space and time, we found a violation of the unitarity, a well known fact in noncommutative field theory. Next, we turn to an approach proposed in the literature, in wich perturbation theory is adapted for noncommutative field theory. Whitin this approach, the φ model was studied again and the unitarity was verified for one loop diagram and second order in the coupling constant even in the case when noncommutativity affects both space and time. Following this, we extended the analysis to a field theory with fermionic and scalar fields, namely, Yukawa’s model, again verifing unitarity at one loop and second order in the coupling constant.