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Yang-Baxter invariance of the Nappi-Witten model

High Energy Physics - Theory 2016-03-23 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We study Yang-Baxter deformations of the Nappi-Witten model with a prescription invented by Delduc, Magro and Vicedo. The deformations are specified by skew-symmetric classical rr-matrices satisfying (modified) classical Yang-Baxter equations. We show that the sigma-model metric is invariant under arbitrary deformations (while the coefficient of BB-field is changed) by utilizing the most general classical rr-matrix. Furthermore, the coefficient of BB-field is determined to be the original value from the requirement that the one-loop β\beta-function should vanish. After all, the Nappi-Witten model is the unique conformal theory within the class of the Yang-Baxter deformations preserving the conformal invariance.

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@article{arxiv.1511.00404,
  title  = {Yang-Baxter invariance of the Nappi-Witten model},
  author = {Hideki Kyono and Kentaroh Yoshida},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1511.00404},
  year   = {2016}
}

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12 pages, v2: typos corrected and clarifications added, v3: presentation improved, references updated, to appear in NPB