Matrix Extension of the Manakov-Santini System and an Integrable Chiral Model on an Einstein-Weyl Background

Abstract

It was demonstrated recently [Dunajski, Ferapontov and Kruglikov (2014)] that the Manakov-Santini system describes a local form of general Lorentzian Einstein-Weyl geometry. We introduce integrable matrix extension of the Manakov-Santini system and show that it describes (2+1)-dimensional integrable chiral model in Einstein-Weyl space. We develop a dressing scheme for the extended MS system and define an extended hierarchy. Matrix extension of Toda type system connected with another local form of Einstein-Weyl geometry is also considered.