Tau-functions, twistor theory, and quantum field theory

DOI10.1007/s00220-002-0714-3zbMath1027.37043arXivmath-ph/0105038MaRDI QIDQ1396192

Lionel J. Mason, Michael A. Singer, N. M. J. Woodhouse

Publication date: 14 January 2004

Published in: Communications in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/math-ph/0105038

zbMATH Keywords

quantum field theories; tau function; geometric quantization; integrable equations; twistor correspondences

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

81T40: Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics

37K10: Completely integrable infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems, integration methods, integrability tests, integrable hierarchies (KdV, KP, Toda, etc.)

81R25: Spinor and twistor methods applied to problems in quantum theory

81R12: Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems

32L25: Twistor theory, double fibrations (complex-analytic aspects)

37K20: Relations of infinite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian dynamical systems with algebraic geometry, complex analysis, and special functions

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