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The integrable open XXZ chain with broken Z_2 symmetry

Statistical Mechanics 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The hamiltonian of an asymmetric diffusion process with injection and ejection of particles at the ends of a chain of finite length is known to be relevant to that of the spin-1/2 XXZ chain with integrable boundary terms. However, the inclusion of boundary sources and sinks of particles breaks the arrow-reversal symmetry necessary for solution via the usual Bethe Ansatz approach. Developments in solving the model in the absence of arrow-reversal symmetry are discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9811165,
  title  = {The integrable open XXZ chain with broken Z_2 symmetry},
  author = {M. T. Batchelor},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9811165},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages, talk given at the 22nd International Colloqium for Group Theoretical Methods in Physics, Hobart, July 1998