THE CLASSICAL EQUIVALENCE OF MONODROMY MATRICES IN SQUASHED SIGMA MODEL

Abstract

We show Yangian and quantum affine symmetries are realized in two-dimensional non-linear sigma models with squashed spheres target spaces. According to these symmetries, there are two descriptions for the classical dynamics. In each description, a Lax pair and the corresponding monodromy matrix are constructed. Both Lax pairs reproduce the same equations of motion and hence they are equivalent. We show the gauge-equivalence by constructing a map between monodromy matrices with the relation of spectral parameters.