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Kondo line defects and affine Gaudin models

High Energy Physics - Theory 2021-11-30 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Algebra

Abstract

We describe the relation between integrable Kondo problems in products of chiral SU(2)SU(2) WZW models and affine SU(2)SU(2) Gaudin models. We propose a full ODE/IM solution of the spectral problem for these models.

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@article{arxiv.2010.07325,
  title  = {Kondo line defects and affine Gaudin models},
  author = {Davide Gaiotto and Ji Hoon Lee and Benoit Vicedo and Jingxiang Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2010.07325},
  year   = {2021}
}

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46+43 pages, 10 figures

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