Kondo line defects and affine Gaudin models

Abstract

We describe the relation between integrable Kondo problems in products of chiral $SU(2)$ WZW models and affine $SU(2)$ Gaudin models. We propose a full ODE/IM solution of the spectral problem for these models.

46+43 pages, 10 figures

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