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The most general $\lambda$-deformation of CFTs and integrability

High Energy Physics - Theory 2019-05-01 v1 Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

Abstract

We show that the CFT with symmetry group Gk1×Gk2××GknG_{k_1}\times G_{k_2}\times \cdots \times G_{k_n} consisting of WZW models based on the same group GG, but at arbitrary integer levels, admits an integrable deformation depending on 2(n1)2(n-1) continuous parameters. We derive the all-loop effective action of the deformed theory and prove integrability. We also calculate the exact in the deformation parameters RG flow equations which can be put in a particularly simple compact form. This allows a full determination and classification of the fixed points of the RG flow, in particular those that are IR stable. The models under consideration provide concrete realizations of integrable flows between CFTs. We also consider non-Abelian T-duality type limits.

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@article{arxiv.1812.04033,
  title  = {The most general $\lambda$-deformation of CFTs and integrability},
  author = {George Georgiou and Konstantinos Sfetsos},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1812.04033},
  year   = {2019}
}

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27 pages

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