Noncommutative electrodynamics from SO(2 , 3) <inf>⋆</inf> model of noncommutative gravity

Abstract

In our previous work we have constructed a model of noncommutative (NC) gravity based on SO(2 , 3) ⋆ gauge symmetry. In this paper we extend the model by adding matter fields: fermions and a U(1) gauge field. Using the enveloping algebra approach and the Seiberg–Witten map we construct actions for these matter fields and expand the actions up to first order in the noncommutativity (deformation) parameter. Unlike in the case of pure NC gravity, first non-vanishing NC corrections are linear in the noncommutativity parameter. In the flat space–time limit we obtain a non-standard NC Electrodynamics. Finally, we discuss effects of noncommutativity on relativistic Landau levels of an electron in a constant background magnetic field and in addition we calculate the induced NC magnetic dipole moment of the electron.