Garnier integrable system

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In mathematical physics, the Garnier integrable system, also known as the classical Gaudin model is a classical mechanical system discovered by René Garnier in 1919 by taking the 'Painlevé simplification' or 'autonomous limit' of the Schlesinger equations.[1][2] It is a classical analogue to the quantum Gaudin model due to Michel Gaudin[3] (similarly, the Schlesinger equations are a classical analogue to the Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations). The classical Gaudin models are integrable.

They are also a specific case of Hitchin integrable systems, when the algebraic curve that the theory is defined on is the Riemann sphere and the system is tamely ramified.

As a limit of the Schlesinger equations

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The Schlesinger equations are a system of differential equations for   matrix-valued functions  , given by    

The 'autonomous limit' is given by replacing the   dependence in the denominator by constants   with  :     This is the Garnier system in the form originally derived by Garnier.

As the classical Gaudin model

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There is a formulation of the Garnier system as a classical mechanical system, the classical Gaudin model, which quantizes to the quantum Gaudin model and whose equations of motion are equivalent to the Garnier system. This section describes this formulation.[4]

As for any classical system, the Gaudin model is specified by a Poisson manifold   referred to as the phase space, and a smooth function on the manifold called the Hamiltonian.

Phase space

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Let   be a quadratic Lie algebra, that is, a Lie algebra with a non-degenerate invariant bilinear form  . If   is complex and simple, this can be taken to be the Killing form.

The dual, denoted  , can be made into a linear Poisson structure by the Kirillov–Kostant bracket.

The phase space   of the classical Gaudin model is then the Cartesian product of   copies of   for   a positive integer.

Sites

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Associated to each of these copies is a point in  , denoted  , and referred to as sites.

Lax matrix

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Fixing a basis of the Lie algebra   with structure constants  , there are functions   with   on the phase space satisfying the Poisson bracket  

These in turn are used to define  -valued functions   with implicit summation.

Next, these are used to define the Lax matrix which is also a   valued function on the phase space which in addition depends meromorphically on a spectral parameter  ,   and   is a constant element in  , in the sense that it Poisson commutes (has vanishing Poisson bracket) with all functions.

(Quadratic) Hamiltonian

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The (quadratic) Hamiltonian is   which is indeed a function on the phase space, which is additionally dependent on a spectral parameter  . This can be written as   with   and  

From the Poisson bracket relation   by varying   and   it must be true that the  's, the  's and   are all in involution. It can be shown that the  's and   Poisson commute with all functions on the phase space, but the  's do not in general. These are the conserved charges in involution for the purposes of Arnol'd Liouville integrability.

Lax equation

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One can show   so the Lax matrix satisfies the Lax equation when time evolution is given by any of the Hamiltonians  , as well as any linear combination of them.

Higher Hamiltonians

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The quadratic Casimir gives corresponds to a quadratic Weyl invariant polynomial for the Lie algebra  , but in fact many more commuting conserved charges can be generated using  -invariant polynomials. These invariant polynomials can be found using the Harish-Chandra isomorphism in the case   is complex, simple and finite.

Integrable field theories as classical Gaudin models

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Certain integrable classical field theories can be formulated as classical affine Gaudin models, where   is an affine Lie algebra. Such classical field theories include the principal chiral model, coset sigma models and affine Toda field theory.[5] As such, affine Gaudin models can be seen as a 'master theory' for integrable systems, but is most naturally formulated in the Hamiltonian formalism, unlike other master theories like four-dimensional Chern–Simons theory or anti-self-dual Yang–Mills.

Quantum Gaudin models

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A great deal is known about the integrable structure of quantum Gaudin models. In particular, Feigin, Frenkel and Reshetikhin studied them using the theory of vertex operator algebras, showing the relation of Gaudin models to topics in mathematics including the Knizhnik–Zamolodchikov equations and the geometric Langlands correspondence.[6]

References

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  1. ^ Garnier, Par M. René (December 1919). "Sur une classe de systèmes différentiels abéliens déduits de la théorie des équations linéaires". Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo. 43 (1): 155–191. doi:10.1007/BF03014668. S2CID 120557738.
  2. ^ Chudnovsky, D. V. (December 1979). "Simplified Schlesinger's systems". Lettere al Nuovo Cimento. 26 (14): 423–427. doi:10.1007/BF02817023. S2CID 122196561.
  3. ^ Gaudin, Michel (1976). "Diagonalisation d'une classe d'hamiltoniens de spin". Journal de Physique. 37 (10): 1087–1098. doi:10.1051/jphys:0197600370100108700. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  4. ^ Lacroix, Sylvain (2018). Modéles intégrables avec fonction twist et modèles de Gaudin affines (PhD thesis). University of Lyon.
  5. ^ Vicedo, Benoit (2017). "On integrable field theories as dihedral affine Gaudin models". arXiv:1701.04856 [hep-th].
  6. ^ Feigin, Boris; Frenkel, Edward; Reshetikhin, Nikolai (3 Apr 1994). "Gaudin Model, Bethe Ansatz and Critical Level". Commun. Math. Phys. 166 (1): 27–62. arXiv:hep-th/9402022. Bibcode:1994CMaPh.166...27F. doi:10.1007/BF02099300. S2CID 17099900.