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Benoit Vicedo

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A unifying 2d action for integrable $σ$-models from 4d Chern-Simons theory

In the approach recently proposed by K. Costello and M. Yamazaki, which is based on a four-dimensional variant of Chern-Simons theory, we derive a simple and unifying two-dimensional form for the action of many integrable $σ$-models which are known to admit descriptions as affine Gaudin models. This includes both the Yang-Baxter deformation and the $λ$-deformation of the principal chiral model. We also give an interpretation of Poisson-Lie $T$-duality in this setting and derive the action of the $\mathsf{E}$-model.

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Affine Gaudin models and hypergeometric functions on affine opers

We conjecture that quantum Gaudin models in affine types admit families of local higher Hamiltonians, labelled by the (countably infinite set of) exponents, whose eigenvalues are given by functions on a space of meromorphic opers associated with the Langlands dual Lie algebra. This is in direct analogy with the situation in finite types. However, in stark contrast to finite types, we prove that in affine types such functions take the form of hypergeometric integrals, over cycles of a twisted homology defined by the levels of the modules at the marked points. That result prompts the further conjecture that the Hamiltonians themselves are naturally expressed as such integrals. We go on to describe the space of meromorphic affine opers on an arbitrary Riemann surface. We prove that it fibres over the space of meromorphic connections on the canonical line bundle $Ω$. Each fibre is isomorphic to the direct product of the space of sections of the square of $Ω$ with the direct product, over the exponents $j$ not equal to 1, of the twisted cohomology of the $j^{\rm th}$ tensor power of $Ω$.

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Cubic hypergeometric integrals of motion in affine Gaudin models

We construct cubic Hamiltonians for quantum Gaudin models of affine types $\hat{\mathfrak{sl}}_M$. They are given by hypergeometric integrals of a form we recently conjectured in arXiv:1804.01480. We prove that they commute amongst themselves and with the quadratic Hamiltonians. We prove that their vacuum eigenvalues, and their eigenvalues for one Bethe root, are given by certain hypergeometric functions on a space of affine opers.

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Holomorphic Chern-Simons theory and affine Gaudin models

We relate two formalisms recently proposed for describing classical integrable field theories. The first is based on the action of four-dimensional holomorphic Chern-Simons theory introduced and studied by Costello, Witten and Yamazaki. The second makes use of classical generalised Gaudin models associated with untwisted affine Kac-Moody algebras.

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Ultralocal Lax connection for para-complex $\mathbb{Z}_T$-cosets

We consider $σ$-models on para-complex $\mathbb{Z}_T$-cosets, which are analogues of those on complex homogeneous target spaces considered recently by D. Bykov. For these models, we show the existence of a gauge-invariant Lax connection whose Poisson brackets are ultralocal. Furthermore, its light-cone components commute with one another in the sense of Poisson brackets. This extends a result of O. Brodbeck and M. Zagermann obtained twenty years ago for hermitian symmetric spaces.

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On integrable field theories as dihedral affine Gaudin models

We introduce the notion of a classical dihedral affine Gaudin model, associated with an untwisted affine Kac-Moody algebra $\widetilde{\mathfrak{g}}$ equipped with an action of the dihedral group $D_{2T}$, $T \geq 1$ through (anti-)linear automorphisms. We show that a very broad family of classical integrable field theories can be recast as examples of such classical dihedral affine Gaudin models. Among these are the principal chiral model on an arbitrary real Lie group $G_0$ and the $\mathbb{Z}_T$-graded coset $σ$-model on any coset of $G_0$ defined in terms of an order $T$ automorphism of its complexification. Most of the multi-parameter integrable deformations of these $σ$-models recently constructed in the literature provide further examples. The common feature shared by all these integrable field theories, which makes it possible to reformulate them as classical dihedral affine Gaudin models, is the fact that they are non-ultralocal. In particular, we also obtain affine Toda field theory in its lesser-known non-ultralocal formulation as another example of this construction. We propose that the interpretation of a given classical non-ultralocal integrable field theory as a classical dihedral affine Gaudin model provides a natural setting within which to address its quantisation. At the same time, it may also furnish a general framework for understanding the massive ODE/IM correspondence since the known examples of integrable field theories for which such a correspondence has been formulated can all be viewed as dihedral affine Gaudin models.

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Assembling integrable sigma-models as affine Gaudin models

We explain how to obtain new classical integrable field theories by assembling two affine Gaudin models into a single one. We show that the resulting affine Gaudin model depends on a parameter $γ$ in such a way that the limit $γ\to 0$ corresponds to the decoupling limit. Simple conditions ensuring Lorentz invariance are also presented. A first application of this method for $σ$-models leads to the action announced in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 122 (2019) 041601] and which couples an arbitrary number $N$ of principal chiral model fields on the same Lie group, each with a Wess-Zumino term. The affine Gaudin model descriptions of various integrable $σ$-models that can be used as elementary building blocks in the assembling construction are then given. This is in particular used in a second application of the method which consists in assembling $N-1$ copies of the principal chiral model each with a Wess-Zumino term and one homogeneous Yang-Baxter deformation of the principal chiral model.

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Integrable coupled sigma-models

A systematic procedure for constructing classical integrable field theories with arbitrarily many free parameters is outlined. It is based on the recent interpretation of integrable field theories as realisations of affine Gaudin models. In this language, one can associate integrable field theories with affine Gaudin models having arbitrarily many sites. We present the result of applying this general procedure to couple together an arbitrary number of principal chiral model fields on the same Lie group, each with a Wess-Zumino term.

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$({\mathfrak{gl}}_M, {\mathfrak{gl}}_N)$-Dualities in Gaudin Models with Irregular Singularities

We establish $({\mathfrak{gl}}_M, {\mathfrak{gl}}_N)$-dualities between quantum Gaudin models with irregular singularities. Specifically, for any $M, N \in {\mathbb Z}_{\geq 1}$ we consider two Gaudin models: the one associated with the Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{gl}}_M$ which has a double pole at infinity and $N$ poles, counting multiplicities, in the complex plane, and the same model but with the roles of $M$ and $N$ interchanged. Both models can be realized in terms of Weyl algebras, i.e., free bosons; we establish that, in this realization, the algebras of integrals of motion of the two models coincide. At the classical level we establish two further generalizations of the duality. First, we show that there is also a duality for realizations in terms of free fermions. Second, in the bosonic realization we consider the classical cyclotomic Gaudin model associated with the Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{gl}}_M$ and its diagram automorphism, with a double pole at infinity and $2N$ poles, counting multiplicities, in the complex plane. We prove that it is dual to a non-cyclotomic Gaudin model associated with the Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{sp}}_{2N}$, with a double pole at infinity and $M$ simple poles in the complex plane. In the special case $N=1$ we recover the well-known self-duality in the Neumann model.

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Local charges in involution and hierarchies in integrable sigma-models

Integrable $σ$-models, such as the principal chiral model, ${\mathbb{Z}}_T$-coset models for $T \in {\mathbb{Z}}_{\geq 2}$ and their various integrable deformations, are examples of non-ultralocal integrable field theories described by (cyclotomic) $r/s$-systems with twist function. In this general setting, and when the Lie algebra ${\mathfrak{g}}$ underlying the $r/s$-system is of classical type, we construct an infinite algebra of local conserved charges in involution, extending the approach of Evans, Hassan, MacKay and Mountain developed for the principal chiral model and symmetric space $σ$-model. In the present context, the local charges are attached to certain `regular' zeros of the twist function and have increasing degrees related to the exponents of the untwisted affine Kac-Moody algebra $\widehat{\mathfrak{g}}$ associated with ${\mathfrak{g}}$. The Hamiltonian flows of these charges are shown to generate an infinite hierarchy of compatible integrable equations.

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Affine q-deformed symmetry and the classical Yang-Baxter sigma-model

The Yang-Baxter $σ$-model is an integrable deformation of the principal chiral model on a Lie group $G$. The deformation breaks the $G \times G$ symmetry to $U(1)^{\textrm{rank}(G)} \times G$. It is known that there exist non-local conserved charges which, together with the unbroken $U(1)^{\textrm{rank}(G)}$ local charges, form a Poisson algebra $\mathscr U_q(\mathfrak{g})$, which is the semiclassical limit of the quantum group $U_q(\mathfrak{g})$, with $\mathfrak{g}$ the Lie algebra of $G$. For a general Lie group $G$ with rank$(G)>1$, we extend the previous result by constructing local and non-local conserved charges satisfying all the defining relations of the infinite-dimensional Poisson algebra $\mathscr U_q(L \mathfrak{g})$, the classical analogue of the quantum loop algebra $U_q(L \mathfrak{g})$, where $L \mathfrak{g}$ is the loop algebra of $\mathfrak{g}$. Quite unexpectedly, these defining relations are proved without encountering any ambiguity related to the non-ultralocality of this integrable $σ$-model.

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Cyclotomic Gaudin models, Miura opers and flag varieties

Let $\mathfrak{g}$ be a semisimple Lie algebra over $\mathbb{C}$. Let $ν\in \text{Aut}\, \mathfrak{g}$ be a diagram automorphism whose order divides $T \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 1}$. We define cyclotomic $\mathfrak{g}$-opers over the Riemann sphere $\mathbb{P}^1$ as gauge equivalence classes of $\mathfrak{g}$-valued connections of a certain form, equivariant under actions of the cyclic group $\mathbb{Z}/ T\mathbb{Z}$ on $\mathfrak{g}$ and $\mathbb{P}^1$. It reduces to the usual notion of $\mathfrak{g}$-opers when $T = 1$. We also extend the notion of Miura $\mathfrak{g}$-opers to the cyclotomic setting. To any cyclotomic Miura $\mathfrak{g}$-oper $\nabla$ we associate a corresponding cyclotomic $\mathfrak{g}$-oper. Let $\nabla$ have residue at the origin given by a $ν$-invariant rational dominant coweight $\checkλ_0$ and be monodromy-free on a cover of $\mathbb{P}^1$. We prove that the subset of all cyclotomic Miura $\mathfrak{g}$-opers associated with the same cyclotomic $\mathfrak{g}$-oper as $\nabla$ is isomorphic to the $\vartheta$-invariant subset of the full flag variety of the adjoint group $G$ of $\mathfrak{g}$, where the automorphism $\vartheta$ depends on $ν$, $T$ and $\checkλ_0$. The big cell of the latter is isomorphic to $N^\vartheta$, the $\vartheta$-invariant subgroup of the unipotent subgroup $N \subset G$, which we identify with those cyclotomic Miura $\mathfrak{g}$-opers whose residue at the origin is the same as that of $\nabla$. In particular, the cyclotomic generation procedure recently introduced in [arXiv:1505.07582] is interpreted as taking $\nabla$ to other cyclotomic Miura $\mathfrak{g}$-opers corresponding to elements of $N^\vartheta$ associated with simple root generators. We motivate the introduction of cyclotomic $\mathfrak{g}$-opers by formulating two conjectures which relate them to the cyclotomic Gaudin model of [arXiv:1409.6937].

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Cyclotomic Gaudin models with irregular singularities

Generalizing the construction of the cyclotomic Gaudin algebra from arXiv:1409.6937, we define the universal cyclotomic Gaudin algebra. It is a cyclotomic generalization of the Gaudin models with irregular singularities defined in arXiv:math/0612798. We go on to solve, by Bethe ansatz, the special case in which the Lax matrix has simple poles at the origin and arbitrarily many finite points, and a double pole at infinity.

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On q-deformed symmetries as Poisson-Lie symmetries and application to Yang-Baxter type models

Yang-Baxter type models are integrable deformations of integrable field theories, such as the principal chiral model on a Lie group $G$ or $σ$-models on (semi-)symmetric spaces $G/F$. The deformation has the effect of breaking the global $G$-symmetry of the original model, replacing the associated set of conserved charges by ones whose Poisson brackets are those of the $q$-deformed Poisson-Hopf algebra $\mathscr U_q(\mathfrak g)$. Working at the Hamiltonian level, we show how this $q$-deformed Poisson algebra originates from a Poisson-Lie $G$-symmetry. The theory of Poisson-Lie groups and their actions on Poisson manifolds, in particular the formalism of the non-abelian moment map, is reviewed. For a coboundary Poisson-Lie group $G$, this non-abelian moment map must obey the Semenov-Tian-Shansky bracket on the dual group $G^*$, up to terms involving central quantities. When the latter vanish, we develop a general procedure linking this Poisson bracket to the defining relations of the Poisson-Hopf algebra $\mathscr U_q(\mathfrak g)$, including the $q$-Poisson-Serre relations. We consider reality conditions leading to $q$ being either real or a phase. We determine the non-abelian moment map for Yang-Baxter type models. This enables to compute the corresponding action of $G$ on the fields parametrising the phase space of these models.

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On the Hamiltonian integrability of the bi-Yang-Baxter sigma-model

The bi-Yang-Baxter sigma-model is a certain two-parameter deformation of the principal chiral model on a real Lie group G for which the left and right G-symmetries of the latter are both replaced by Poisson-Lie symmetries. It was introduced by C. Klimcik who also recently showed it admits a Lax pair, thereby proving it is integrable at the Lagrangian level. By working in the Hamiltonian formalism and starting from an equivalent description of the model as a two-parameter deformation of the coset sigma-model on G x G / G_diag, we show that it also admits a Lax matrix whose Poisson bracket is of the standard r/s-form characterised by a twist function which we determine. A number of results immediately follow from this, including the identification of certain complex Poisson commuting Kac-Moody currents as well as an explicit description of the q-deformed symmetries of the model. Moreover, the model is also shown to fit naturally in the general scheme recently developed for constructing integrable deformations of sigma-models. Finally, we show that although the Poisson bracket of the Lax matrix still takes the r/s-form after fixing the G_diag gauge symmetry, it is no longer characterised by a twist function.

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Deformed integrable $σ$-models, classical $R$-matrices and classical exchange algebra on Drinfel'd doubles

We describe a unifying framework for the systematic construction of integrable deformations of integrable $σ$-models within the Hamiltonian formalism. It applies equally to both the `Yang-Baxter' type as well as `gauged WZW' type deformations which were considered recently in the literature. As a byproduct, these two families of integrable deformations are shown to be Poisson-Lie T-dual of one another.

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Integrable double deformation of the principal chiral model

We define a two-parameter family of integrable deformations of the principal chiral model on an arbitrary compact group. The Yang-Baxter sigma-model and the principal chiral model with a Wess-Zumino term both correspond to limits in which one of the two parameters vanishes.

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Vertex Lie algebras and cyclotomic coinvariants

Given a vertex Lie algebra $\mathscr L$ equipped with an action by automorphisms of a cyclic group $Γ$, we define spaces of cyclotomic coinvariants over the Riemann sphere. These are quotients of tensor products of smooth modules over `local' Lie algebras $\mathsf L(\mathscr L)_{z_i}$ assigned to marked points $z_i$, by the action of a `global' Lie algebra ${\mathsf L}^Γ_{\{z_i \}}(\mathscr L)$ of $Γ$-equivariant functions. On the other hand, the universal enveloping vertex algebra $\mathbb V (\mathscr L)$ of $\mathscr L$ is itself a vertex Lie algebra with an induced action of $Γ$. This gives `big' analogs of the Lie algebras above. From these we construct the space of `big' cyclotomic coinvariants, i.e. coinvariants with respect to ${\mathsf L}^Γ_{\{z_i \}}(\mathbb V(\mathscr L))$. We prove that these two definitions of cyclotomic coinvariants in fact coincide, provided the origin is included as a marked point. As a corollary we prove a result on the functoriality of cyclotomic coinvariants which we require for the solution of cyclotomic Gaudin models in arXiv:1409.6937. At the origin, which is fixed by $Γ$, one must assign a module over the stable subalgebra $\mathsf L(\mathscr L)^Γ$ of $\mathsf L(\mathscr L)$. This module becomes a $\mathbb V(\mathscr L)$-quasi-module in the sense of Li. As a bi-product we obtain an iterate formula for such quasi-modules.

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