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Solving the open XXZ spin chain with nondiagonal boundary terms at roots of unity

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v3

Abstract

We consider the open XXZ quantum spin chain with nondiagonal boundary terms. For bulk anisotropy value \eta = i \pi/(p+1), p= 1, 2, ..., we propose an exact (p+1)-order functional relation for the transfer matrix, which implies Bethe-Ansatz-like equations for the corresponding eigenvalues. The key observation is that the fused spin-(p+1)/2 transfer matrix can be expressed in terms of a lower-spin transfer matrix, resulting in the truncation of the fusion hierarchy.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0110116,
  title  = {Solving the open XXZ spin chain with nondiagonal boundary terms at roots of unity},
  author = {Rafael I. Nepomechie},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0110116},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

20 pages, LaTeX; amssymb, no figures; V3 contains Note Added giving coefficients c_{p,l}