# Open strings in integrable deformations of $\sigma$-models

## TL;DR

This paper reviews recent results on integrable lambda-deformations of WZW models with boundaries, highlighting their mathematical structure and potential applications in string theory and integrable systems.

## Contribution

It provides an overview of the integrable lambda-deformations of WZW models with boundaries, emphasizing new insights into their structure and properties.

## Key findings

- Identification of boundary conditions preserving integrability
- Explicit construction of deformed boundary WZW models
- Insights into the role of dualities in deformations

## Abstract

This contribution is based on a talk given by the author at the "Dualities and Generalized Geometries" session of the Corfu Summer Institute 2018 workshops. We overview the results of [1], focusing our attention on integrable $\lambda$-deformations of WZW models with boundaries.