Noncommutative real scalar field theory in 2+1 dimensions at finite temperature

C.D. FOSCO; G.A. SILVA

JOURNAL OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS - (Online)

Año: 2008 vol. 0801 p. 11 - 30

1029-8479

We study thermal effects for a noncommutative real scalar field in 2+1 dimensions including a Grosse-Wulkenhaar term. Using a perturbative expansion for the free energy, we deduce some general properties of the corresponding contributions, in the thermodynamic limit. We show that the model can be consistently interpreted as defined on a finite volume, which is naturally determined by the noncommutativity scale.