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The nonlinear (principal) σ model has been for a long time a theoretical laboratory to test different approaches for quantizing classical field theories. Here we shall discuss as an application of the current algebra representation theory a construction of the quantized σ model.
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Mickelsson, J. (1989). The Nonlinear σ Model. In: Current Algebras and Groups. Plenum Monographs in Nonlinear Physics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0295-8_10
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