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Integrable Higher-Spin Deformations of Sigma Models from Auxiliary Fields

High Energy Physics - Theory 2024-08-15 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We construct a new infinite family of integrable deformations of the principal chiral model (PCM) parameterized by an interaction function of several variables, which extends the formalism of arXiv:2405.05899, and includes deformations of the PCM by functions of both the stress tensor and higher-spin conserved currents. We show in detail that every model in this class admits a Lax representation for its equations of motion, and that the Poisson bracket of the Lax connection takes the Maillet form, establishing the existence of an infinite set of Poisson-commuting conserved charges. We argue that the non-Abelian T-dual of any model in this family is classically integrable, and that T-duality "commutes" with a general deformation in this class, in a sense which we make precise. Finally, we demonstrate that these higher-spin auxiliary field deformations can be extended to accommodate the addition of a Wess-Zumino term, and we exhibit the Lax connection in this case.

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@article{arxiv.2407.16338,
  title  = {Integrable Higher-Spin Deformations of Sigma Models from Auxiliary Fields},
  author = {Daniele Bielli and Christian Ferko and Liam Smith and Gabriele Tartaglino-Mazzucchelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.16338},
  year   = {2024}
}

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113 pages

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