Non-Linear Sigma Models on a Half Plane

Abstract

In the context of integrable field theory with boundary, the integrable non-linear sigma models in two dimensions, for example, the $O(N)$, the principal chiral, the ${\mathrm{CP}}^{N-1}$ and the complex Grassmannian sigma models are discussed on a half plane. In contrast to the well known cases of sine-Gordon, non-linear Schrödinger and affine Toda field theories, these non-linear sigma models in two dimensions are not classically integrable if restricted on a half plane. It is shown that the infinite set of non-local charges characterising the integrability on the whole plane is not conserved for the free (Neumann) boundary condition. If we require that these non-local charges to be conserved, then the solutions become trivial.

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