14.11.2017 (Tuesday)

Aspects of eta and lambda models and generalised T-duality

Regular Seminar Daniel Thompson (Swansea U.)

at:
16:00 QMW
room G O Jones 610
abstract:

In this talk I shall give a review of two classes of integrable non-linear sigma models called \eta and \lambda deformations. Three reasons to be interested are 1) these are interesting examples of relatively rare integrable QFT displaying quantum group symmetries; 2) viewed as string theory sigma models they may have application to N=4 SYM via holography and 3) they provide concrete examples for generalised notions of T-duality. This talk will describe a variety of classical and quantum properties of these theories and their multi-parameter extensions drawing in part on arXiv:1711.00084; arXiv:1706.05322