Euclidean E-models

Abstract: We study a class of E-models, referred to as Euclidean E-models, in which the operator E acting on the Drinfeld double squares to minus the identity rather than to the identity. This modification leads to significant structural differences from the standard E-model framework. Most notably, the sigma-models naturally associated with these E-models possess a Euclidean world-sheet. Although, for some Drinfeld doubles, every Lorentzian E-model admits a natural Euclidean counterpart, the duality, integrability, and renormalization properties of Euclidean E-models are independent of the Lorentzian case and must be studied separately. We illustrate the general constructions using the example of a Euclidean bi-Yang-Baxter deformation.