Cluster integrable systems and spin chains

Abstract: We discuss relation between the cluster integrable systems and spin chains in the context of their correspondence with 5d supersymmetric gauge theories. It is shown that $\mathfrak{gl}N$ XXZ-type spin chain on $M$ sites is isomorphic to a cluster integrable system with $N \times M$ rectangular Newton polygon and $N \times M$ fundamental domain of a 'fence net' bipartite graph. The Casimir functions of the Poisson bracket, labeled by the zig-zag paths on the graph, correspond to the inhomogeneities, on-site Casimirs and twists of the chain, supplemented by total spin. The symmetricity of cluster formulation implies natural spectral duality, relating $\mathfrak{gl}_N$-chain on $M$ sites with the $\mathfrak{gl}_M$-chain on $N$ sites. For these systems we construct explicitly a subgroup of the cluster mapping class group $\mathcal{G}\mathcal{Q}$ and show that it acts by permutations of zig-zags and, as a consequence, by permutations of twists and inhomogeneities. Finally, we derive Hirota bilinear equations, describing dynamics of the tau-functions or A-cluster variables under the action of some generators of $\mathcal{G}_\mathcal{Q}$.