Electrodynamics On Matrix Space: Non-Abelian By Coordinates

Abstract

We consider the dynamics of a charged particle in a space whose coordinates are $N\times N$ hermitian matrices. Putting things in the framework of D0-branes of String Theory, we mention that the transformations of the matrix coordinates induce non-Abelian transformations on the gauge potentials. The Lorentz equations of motion for matrix coordinates are derived, and it is observed that the field strengths also transform like their non-Abelian counterparts. The issue of the map between theory on matrix space and ordinary non-Abelian gauge theory is discussed. The phenomenological aspect of "finite-N non-commutativity" for the bound states of D0-branes appears to be very attractive.