Sigma model for Ernst equation: Lax representation, Bäcklund transformation and divergence-free currents (Q759921)

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Sigma model for Ernst equation: Lax representation, Bäcklund transformation and divergence-free currents
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    Sigma model for Ernst equation: Lax representation, Bäcklund transformation and divergence-free currents (English)
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    It has been shown recently that there exists a relation between some nonlinear equations solvable by the inverse scattering method. This fact is expressed by the notion of gauge equivalence and leads to the existence of a sigma model associated with the given nonlinear equation. In the present paper a sigma model associated with the Ernst equation of general relativity is obtained. This model is described by the Belinskij- Zakharov-type completely integrable equation and is formally equivalent to the usual sigma model in curved two-dimensional space. The corresponding Lax representation, Bäcklund transformation, and divergence-free currents are obtained.
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    nonlinear equations
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    inverse scattering method
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    gauge equivalence
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    sigma model
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    Ernst equation
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    general relativity
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    Belinskij-Zakharov-type completely integrable equation
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    Lax representation
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    Bäcklund transformation
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    divergence-free currents
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