Analytic approach to boundary integrability with application to mixed-flux $AdS_3 \times S^3$

Abstract

Boundary integrability provides rare analytic control over field theories with interfaces, from quantum impurity problems to open string dynamics. We propose an analytic approach for integrable boundaries in two-dimensional sigma-models that determines admissible reflection maps directly from the divisor structure of the Lax connection. Applied to open strings on $AdS_3\times S^3$ with mixed NSNS-RR flux, we find two branches of integrable boundaries: one restricted to pure RR flux, and another admitting D-branes wrapping twisted conjugacy classes for generic flux. At the WZW point, these reduce to the known conformal D-branes, opening a path to comparison with conformal perturbation theory. More broadly, our framework suggests generalisations of standard lattice constructions that may enlarge existing classifications of integrable boundaries.