Discretized Yang–Mills and Born–Infeld Actions on Finite Group Geometries

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Abstract: Discretized nonabelian gauge theories living on finite group spaces G are defined by means of a geometric action int Tr F wedge *F. This technique is extended to obtain discrete versions of the Born-Infeld action. The discretizations are in 1-1 correspondence with differential calculi on finite groups. A consistency condition for duality invariance of the discretized field equations is derived for discretized U(1) actions S[F] living on a 4-dimensional abelian G. Discretized electromagnetism satisfies this condition and therefore admits duality rotations. Yang-Mills and Born-Infeld theories are also considered on product spaces M^D x G, and we find the corresponding field theories on M^D after Kaluza-Klein reduction on the G discrete internal spaces. We examine in some detail the case G=Z_N, and discuss the limit N -> infty. A self-contained review on the noncommutative differential geometry of finite groups is included.









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