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We construct various exact analytical solutions of the SO(3) BMN matrix model that correspond to rotating fuzzy spheres and rotating fuzzy tori. These are also solutions of Yang Mills theory compactified on a sphere times time and they are also translationally invariant solutions of the \( \mathcal{N}={1}^{*} \) field theory with a non-trivial chargedensity. The solutions we construct have a ℤ N symmetry, where N is the rank of the matrices. After an appropriate ansatz, we reduce the problem to solving a set of polynomial equations in 2N real variables. These equations have a discrete set of solutions for each value of the angular momentum. We study the phase structure of the solutions for various values of N . Also the continuum limit where N → ∞, where the problem reduces to finding periodic solutions of a set of coupled differential equations. We also study the topology change transition from the sphere to the torus.
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Berenstein, D., Dzienkowski, E. & Lashof-Regas, R. Spinning the fuzzy sphere. J. High Energ. Phys. 2015, 134 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2015)134
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