DOI: 10.1140/epjc/s2002-01047-8
On decoupling of massless modes in NCOS theories
S. Hyun1, S. Lee2, 3 and H. Shin2, 31 Institute of Physics and Applied Physics, Yonsei University, Seoul 120-749, Korea
2 BK 21 Physics Research Division and Institute of Basic Science, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 440-746, Korea
3 School of Physics, Korea Institute for Advanced Study, Seoul 130-012, Korea
(Received: 23 April 2002 / Published online: 25 October 2002 )
Abstract
We revisit the decoupling phenomenon of massless modes in
non-commutative open string (NCOS) theories.
We check the decoupling by explicit computation in
(2+1)
or higher dimensional NCOS theories
and recapitulate the validity of the decoupling
to all orders in perturbation theory.
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