CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM INTEGRABLE SIGMA MODELS. RICCI FLOW, “ NICE DUALITY” AND PERTURBED RATIONAL CONFORMAL FIELD THEORIES

Abstract

We consider classical and quantum integrable sigma models and their relations with the solutions of renormalization group equations. We say that an integrable sigma model possesses the nice duality property if the dual quantum field theory has the weak coupling region. As an example, we consider the deformed $CP(n-1)$ sigma model with additional quantum degrees of freedom. We formulate the dual integrable field theory and use perturbed conformal field theory, perturbation theory, $S$-matrix, Bethe Ansatz and renormalization group methods to show that this field theory has the nice duality property. We consider also an alternative approach to the analysis of sigma models on the deformed symmetric spaces, based on the perturbed rational conformal field theories.