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We describe the relation between integrable Kondo problems in products of chiral SU(2) WZW models and affine SU(2) Gaudin models. We propose a full ODE/IM solution of the spectral problem for these models.
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Gaiotto, D., Lee, J.H., Vicedo, B. et al. Kondo line defects and affine Gaudin models. J. High Energ. Phys. 2022, 175 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP01(2022)175
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