A symplectic structure for string theory on integrable backgrounds

Abstract

We define regularised Poisson brackets for the monodromy matrix of classical string theory on × S3. The ambiguities associated with Non-Ultra Locality are resolved using the symmetrisation prescription of Maillet. The resulting brackets lead to an infinite tower of Poisson-commuting conserved charges as expected in an integrable system. The brackets are also used to obtain the correct symplectic structure on the moduli space of finite-gap solutions and to define the corresponding action-angle variables. The canonically-normalised action variables are the filling fractions associated with each cut in the finite-gap construction. Our results are relevant for the leading-order semiclassical quantisation of string theory on AdS5 × S5 and lead to integer-valued filling fractions in this context. © SISSA 2007.