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Integrable deformations from twistor space

Authors :
Lewis T. Cole, Ryan A. Cullinan, Ben Hoare, Joaquin Liniado, Daniel C. Thompson
Source :
SciPost Physics, Vol 17, Iss 1, p 008 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
SciPost, 2024.

Abstract

Integrable field theories in two dimensions are known to originate as defect theories of 4d Chern-Simons and as symmetry reductions of the 4d anti-self-dual Yang-Mills equations. Based on ideas of Costello, it has been proposed in work of Bittleston and Skinner that these two approaches can be unified starting from holomorphic Chern-Simons in 6 dimensions. We provide the first complete description of this diamond of integrable theories for a family of deformed sigma models, going beyond the Dirichlet boundary conditions that have been considered thus far. Starting from 6d holomorphic Chern-Simons theory on twistor space with a particular meromorphic 3-form $\Omega$, we construct the defect theory to find a novel 4d integrable field theory, whose equations of motion can be recast as the 4d anti-self-dual Yang-Mills equations. Symmetry reducing, we find a multi-parameter 2d integrable model, which specialises to the $\lambda$-deformation at a certain point in parameter space. The same model is recovered by first symmetry reducing, to give 4d Chern-Simons with generalised boundary conditions, and then constructing the defect theory.

Subjects

Subjects :
Physics
QC1-999

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
25424653
Volume :
17
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
SciPost Physics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.53658370cfaa49209f36510bb022151c
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.21468/SciPostPhys.17.1.008