From PCM to KDV and Back

2001/03/29 by Jonathan M. Evans, Evans, Jonathan M.
Computer Science · Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #Matrix Theory and Algorithms #Quantum and Classical Electrodynamics #Scientific Research and Discoveries #hep-th #math-ph #math.MP #nlin.SI

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/0103250

2 pages; plain TeX

arxiv created 2001/03/29 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

This is a summary of progress made in understanding the occurrence and properties of local, conserved, commuting charges in non-linear sigma-models, including principal chiral models (PCMs) and WZW models. (Contribution to the NATO-ASI meeting: Integrable Hierarchies and Modern Physical Theories, University of Illinois at Chicago, July 2000.)

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