Finite-dimensional representations of the elliptic modular double

We investigate the kernel space of an integral operator M(g) depending on the "spin" g and describing an elliptic Fourier transformation. The operator M(g) is an intertwiner for the elliptic modular double formed from a pair of Sklyanin algebras with the parameters $\eta$ and $\tau$, Im$\tau>0$, Im$\eta>0$. For two-dimensional lattices $g=n\eta + m\tau/2$ and $g=1/2+n\eta + m\tau/2$ with incommensurate $1, 2\eta,\tau$ and integers $n,m>0$, the operator M(g) has a finite-dimensional kernel that consists of the products of theta functions with two different modular parameters and is invariant under the action of generators of the elliptic modular double.Comment: 25 pp., published versio

Yang-Baxter equation, parameter permutations, and the elliptic beta integral

We construct an infinite-dimensional solution of the Yang-Baxter equation (YBE) of rank 1 which is represented as an integral operator with an elliptic hypergeometric kernel acting in the space of functions of two complex variables. This R-operator intertwines the product of two standard L-operators associated with the Sklyanin algebra, an elliptic deformation of sl(2)-algebra. It is built from three basic operators $\mathrm{S}_1, \mathrm{S}_2$, and $\mathrm{S}_3$ generating the permutation group of four parameters $\mathfrak{S}_4$. Validity of the key Coxeter relations (including the star-triangle relation) is based on the elliptic beta integral evaluation formula and the Bailey lemma associated with an elliptic Fourier transformation. The operators $\mathrm{S}_j$ are determined uniquely with the help of the elliptic modular double.Comment: 43 pp., to appear in Russian Math. Survey

Baxter Q-operator for graded SL(2|1) spin chain

We study an integrable noncompact superspin chain model that emerged in recent studies of the dilatation operator in the N=1 super-Yang-Mills theory. It was found that the latter can be mapped into a homogeneous Heisenberg magnet with the quantum space in all sites corresponding to infinite-dimensional representations of the SL(2|1) group. We extend the method of the Baxter Q-operator to spin chains with supergroup symmetry and apply it to determine the eigenspectrum of the model. Our analysis relies on a factorization property of the R-operators acting on the tensor product of two generic infinite-dimensional SL(2|1) representations. It allows us to factorize an arbitrary transfer matrix into a product of three `elementary' transfer matrices which we identify as Baxter Q-operators. We establish functional relations between transfer matrices and use them to derive the TQ-relations for the Q-operators. The proposed construction can be generalized to integrable models based on supergroups of higher rank and, in distinction to the Bethe Ansatz, it is not sensitive to the existence of the pseudovacuum state in the quantum space of the model.Comment: 62 pages, 9 figure

Factorization of the transfer matrices for the quantum sl(2) spin chains and Baxter equation

It is shown that the transfer matrices of homogeneous sl(2) invariant spin chains with generic spin, both closed and open, are factorized into the product of two operators. The latter satisfy the Baxter equation that follows from the structure of the reducible representations of the sl(2) algebra.Comment: 14 pages, 9 figures, typos correcte