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This is a review of our previous works [FFR, F1, F3] (some of them joint with B. Feigin and N. Reshetikhin) on the Gaudin model and opers. We define a commutative subalgebra in the tensor power of the universal enveloping algebra of a simple Lie algebra \(\mathfrak{g}\). This algebra includes the Hamiltonians of the Gaudin model, hence we call it the Gaudin algebra. It is constructed as a quotient of the center of the completed enveloping algebra of the affine Kac-Moody algebra \({\hat g}\) at the critical level. We identify the spectrum of the Gaudin algebra with the space of opers associated to the Langlands dual Lie algebra L \(\mathfrak{g}\) on the projective line with regular singularities at the marked points. Next, we recall the construction of the eigenvectors of the Gaudin algebra using the Wakimoto modules over \({\hat g}\) of critical level. The Wakimoto modules are naturally parameterized by Miura opers (or, equivalently, Cartan connections), and the action of the center on them is given by the Miura transformation. This allows us to relate solutions of the Bethe Ansatz equations to Miura opers and ultimately to the flag varieties associated to the Langlands dual Lie algebra L \(\mathfrak{g}\).
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Frenkel, E. (2005). Gaudin Model and Opers. In: Kulish, P.P., Manojlovich, N., Samtleben, H. (eds) Infinite Dimensional Algebras and Quantum Integrable Systems. Progress in Mathematics, vol 237. Birkhäuser Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-7643-7341-5_1
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