Root-$T\bar{T}$ Flows Unify 4D Duality-Invariant Electrodynamics and 2D Integrable Sigma Models
Abstract
We present a unified framework that connects four-dimensional duality-invariant nonlinear electrodynamics and two-dimensional integrable sigma models via the Courant-Hilbert and new auxiliary field formulations, both governed by a common generating function and a generating potential, respectively. Introducing two commuting deformation parameters, (irrelevant) and (marginal), we identify a universal class of -flows, including the root- deformation and its rescaled variants. Our approach generalizes conventional single-coupling structures via novel field transformations that extend to a two-parameter space (,) while preserving the root- flow condition for all -coupled theories. We construct several integrable models, including generalized Born-Infeld, logarithmic, q-deformed, and a new closed-form theory applicable to both electrodynamics and integrable systems. This unified framework, based on the unique form of the root- flow, systematically spans duality-invariant nonlinear electrodynamics in 4D and their exact 2D integrable counterparts.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2507.22808,
title = {Root-$T\bar{T}$ Flows Unify 4D Duality-Invariant Electrodynamics and 2D Integrable Sigma Models},
author = {H. Babaei-Aghbolagh and Bin Chen and Song He},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2507.22808},
year = {2025}
}
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