On Noncommutative Multi-Solitons

 We find the moduli space of multi-solitons in noncommutative scalar field theories at large θ, in arbitrary dimension. The existence of a non-trivial moduli space at leading order in 1/θ is a consequence of a Bogomolnyi bound obeyed by the kinetic energy of the θ=∞ solitons. In two spatial dimensions, the parameter space for k solitons is a K?hler de-singularization of the symmetric product (ℝ²) ^k /S _k . We exploit the existence of this moduli space to construct solitons on quotient spaces of the plane: ℝ²/ℤ _k , cylinder, and T ² . However, we show that tori of area less than or equal to 2πθ do not admit stable solitons. In four dimensions the moduli space provides an explicit K?hler resolution of (ℝ⁴) ^k /S _k . In general spatial dimension 2d, we show it is isomorphic to the Hilbert scheme of k points in ℂ ^d , which for d>2 (and k>3) is not smooth and can have multiple branches. Received: 29 May 2001 / Accepted: 16 August 2002 Published online: 7 November 2002 Communicated by R.H. Dijkgraaf