A rigged configuration model for B(∞)B(\infty)

We describe a combinatorial realization of the crystals $B(\infty)$ and $B(\lambda)$ using rigged configurations in all symmetrizable Kac-Moody types up to certain conditions. This includes all simply-laced types and all non-simply-laced finite and affine types

Alcove path model for B(∞)B(\infty)

We construct a model for $B(\infty)$ using the alcove path model of Lenart and Postnikov. We show that the continuous limit of our model recovers a dual version of the Littelmann path model for $B(\infty)$ given by Li and Zhang. Furthermore, we consider the dual version of the alcove path model and obtain analogous results for the dual model, where the continuous limit gives the Li and Zhang model.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figures; improvements from comments, added more figure

Rigged configurations and the ∗\ast-involution for generalized Kac--Moody algebras

We construct a uniform model for highest weight crystals and $B(\infty)$ for generalized Kac--Moody algebras using rigged configurations. We also show an explicit description of the $\ast$-involution on rigged configurations for $B(\infty)$: that the $\ast$-involution interchanges the rigging and the corigging. We do this by giving a recognition theorem for $B(\infty)$ using the $\ast$-involution. As a consequence, we also characterize $B(\lambda)$ as a subcrystal of $B(\infty)$ using the $\ast$-involution. We show that the category of highest weight crystals for generalized Kac--Moody algebras is a coboundary category by extending the definition of the crystal commutor using the $\ast$-involution due to Kamnitzer and Tingley.Comment: 23 pages, 1 figur

Crystal bases and q-identities

The relation of crystal bases with $q$-identities is discussed, and some new results on crystals and $q$-identities associated with the affine Lie algebra $C_n^{(1)}$ are presented.Comment: 25 pages, style file axodraw.sty require

Rigged configurations and the Bethe Ansatz

These notes arose from three lectures presented at the Summer School on Theoretical Physics "Symmetry and Structural Properties of Condensed Matter" held in Myczkowce, Poland, on September 11-18, 2002. We review rigged configurations and the Bethe Ansatz. In the first part, we focus on the algebraic Bethe Ansatz for the spin 1/2 XXX model and explain how rigged configurations label the solutions of the Bethe equations. This yields the bijection between rigged configurations and crystal paths/Young tableaux of Kerov, Kirillov and Reshetikhin. In the second part, we discuss a generalization of this bijection for the symmetry algebra $D_n^{(1)}$, based on work in collaboration with Okado and Shimozono.Comment: 24 pages; lecture notes; axodraw style file require

A bijection between type D_n^{(1)} crystals and rigged configurations

Hatayama et al. conjectured fermionic formulas associated with tensor products of U'_q(g)-crystals B^{r,s}. The crystals B^{r,s} correspond to the Kirillov--Reshetikhin modules which are certain finite dimensional U'_q(g)-modules. In this paper we present a combinatorial description of the affine crystals B^{r,1} of type D_n^{(1)}. A statistic preserving bijection between crystal paths for these crystals and rigged configurations is given, thereby proving the fermionic formula in this case. This bijection reflects two different methods to solve lattice models in statistical mechanics: the corner-transfer-matrix method and the Bethe Ansatz.Comment: 38 pages; version to appear in J. Algebr

Crystal structure on rigged configurations

Rigged configurations are combinatorial objects originating from the Bethe Ansatz, that label highest weight crystal elements. In this paper a new unrestricted set of rigged configurations is introduced for types ADE by constructing a crystal structure on the set of rigged configurations. In type A an explicit characterization of unrestricted rigged configurations is provided which leads to a new fermionic formula for unrestricted Kostka polynomials or q-supernomial coefficients. The affine crystal structure for type A is obtained as well.Comment: 20 pages, 1 figure, axodraw and youngtab style file necessar