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Poisson-Lie T-duality for quasitriangular Lie bialgebras

Quantum Algebra 2007-05-23 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We introduce a new 2-parameter family of sigma models exhibiting Poisson-Lie T-duality on a quasitriangular Poisson-Lie group GG. The models contain previously known models as well as a new 1-parameter line of models having the novel feature that the Lagrangian takes the simple form L=E(u1u+,u1u)L=E(u^{-1}u_+,u^{-1}u_-) where the generalised metric EE is constant (not dependent on the field uu as in previous models). We characterise these models in terms of a global conserved GG-invariance. The models on G=SU2G=SU_2 and its dual GG^\star are computed explicitly. The general theory of Poisson-Lie T-duality is also extended; we develop the Hamiltonian formulation and the reduction for constant loops to integrable motion on the group manifold. Finally, we generalise T-duality in the Hamiltonian formulation to group factorisations D=G\dcrossMD=G\dcross M where the subgroups need not be dual or even have the same dimension and need not be connected to the Drinfeld double or to Poisson structures.

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@article{arxiv.math/9906040,
  title  = {Poisson-Lie T-duality for quasitriangular Lie bialgebras},
  author = {E. J. Beggs and S. Majid},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/9906040},
  year   = {2007}
}

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42 pages Latex, no figures