Quantum Group Invariant Integrable n-State Vertex Models with Periodic Boundary Conditions

An $U_q(sl(n))$ invariant transfer matrix with periodic boundary conditions is analysed by means of the algebraic nested Bethe ansatz for the case of $q$ being a root of unity. The transfer matrix corresponds to a 2-dimensional vertex model on a torus with topological interaction w.r.t. the 3-dimensional interior of the torus. By means of finite size analysis we find the central charge of the corresponding Virasoro algebra as $c=(n-1) \left[1-n(n+1)/(r(r-1))\right]$.