Lorentzian Toda field theories

TL;DR

This paper introduces new Lorentzian Toda field theories based on root systems on Lorentzian lattices, analyzing their integrability, mass spectra, and algebraic structure, revealing most are non-integrable with some massive variants.

Contribution

It presents novel construction principles for Lorentzian Toda theories and evaluates their integrability and spectral properties, extending the algebraic framework of Toda theories.

Findings

Most Lorentzian Toda theories are non-integrable.

Classical mass spectra are analyzed for several massive variants.

Lorentzian Toda theories can be viewed as perturbed integrable theories.

Abstract

We propose several different types of construction principles for new classes of Toda field theories based on root systems defined on Lorentzian lattices. In analogy to conformal and affine Toda theories based on root systems of semi-simple Lie algebras, also their Lorentzian extensions come about in conformal and massive variants. We carry out the Painlev\'{e} integrability test for the proposed theories, finding in general only one integer valued resonance corresponding to the energy-momentum tensor. Thus most of the Lorentzian Toda field theories are not integrable, as the remaining resonances, that grade the spins of the W-algebras in the semisimple cases, are either non integer or complex valued. We analyse in detail the classical mass spectra of several massive variants. Lorentzian Toda field theories may be viewed as perturbed versions of integrable theories equipped with an algebraic framework.