Bethe Ansatz solution for quantum spin-1 chains with boundary terms

The procedure for obtaining integrable open spin chain Hamiltonians via reflection matrices is explicitly carried out for some three-state vertex models. We have considered the 19-vertex models of Zamolodchikov-Fateev and Izergin-Korepin, and the $Z_{2}$-graded 19-vertex models with $sl(2|1)$ and $osp(1|2)$ invariances. In each case the eigenspectrum is determined by application of the coordinate Bethe Ansatz.Comment: 24 pages, LaTex, some misprints remove

Reflection K-Matrices for 19-Vertex Models

We derive and classify all regular solutions of the boundary Yang-Baxter equation for 19-vertex models known as Zamolodchikov-Fateev or $A_{1}^{(1)}$ model, Izergin-Korepin or $A_{2}^{(2)}$ model, sl(2|1) model and osp(2|1) model. We find that there is a general solution for $A_{1}^{(1)}$ and sl(2|1) models. In both models it is a complete K-matrix with three free parameters. For the $A_{2}^{(2)}$ and osp(2|1) models we find three general solutions, being two complete reflection K-matrices solutions and one incomplete reflection K-matrix solution with some null entries. In both models these solutions have two free parameters. Integrable spin-1 Hamiltonians with general boundary interactions are also presented. Several reduced solutions from these general solutions are presented in the appendices.Comment: 35 pages, LaTe

Nonstandard coproducts and the Izergin-Korepin open spin chain

Corresponding to the Izergin-Korepin (A_2^(2)) R matrix, there are three diagonal solutions (``K matrices'') of the boundary Yang-Baxter equation. Using these R and K matrices, one can construct transfer matrices for open integrable quantum spin chains. The transfer matrix corresponding to the identity matrix K=1 is known to have U_q(o(3)) symmetry. We argue here that the transfer matrices corresponding to the other two K matrices also have U_q(o(3)) symmetry, but with a nonstandard coproduct. We briefly explore some of the consequences of this symmetry.Comment: 7 pages, LaTeX; v2 has one additional sentence on the degeneracy patter

Integrable open-boundary conditions for the supersymmetric t-J model. The quantum group invariant case

We consider integrable open--boundary conditions for the supersymmetric t--J model commuting with the number operator $n$ and $S^{z}$. Four families, each one depending on two arbitrary parameters, are found. We find the relation between Sklyanin's method of constructing open boundary conditions and the one for the quantum group invariant case based on Markov traces. The eigenvalue problem is solved for the new cases by generalizing the Nested Algebraic Bethe ansatz of the quantum group invariant case (which is obtained as a special limit). For the quantum group invariant case the Bethe ansatz states are shown to be highest weights of $spl_{q}(2,1)$.Comment: Latex, 24 pages. Some new comments and references. Final version to appear in Nucl. Phys.

D_{n+1}^(2) Reflection K-matrices

We investigate the possible regular solutions of the boundary Yang-Baxter equation for the vertex models associated to the D_{n+1}^(2) affine Lie algebra. We have classified them in terms of three types of K-matrices. The first one have n+2 free parameters and all the matrix elements are non-null. The second solution is given by a block diagonal matrix with just one free parameter. It turns out that for n even there exists a third class of K-matrix withou free parameter.Comment: 18 pages, Late

Cn(1)C_{n}^{(1)}, Dn(1)D_{n}^{(1)} and A2n−1(2)A_{2n-1}^{(2)} reflection K-matrices

We investigate the possible regular solutions of the boundary Yang-Baxter equation for the vertex models associated with the $C_{n}^{(1)}$, $D_{n}^{(1)}$ and $A_{2n-1}^{(2)}$ affine Lie algebras. We find three types of solutions with $n$, $n-1$ and 1 free parameters,respectively. Special cases and all diagonal solutions are presented separately.Comment: 22 pages, LaTe

Boundary K-matrices for the XYZ, XXZ AND XXX spin chains

The general solutions for the factorization equations of the reflection matrices $K^{\pm}(\theta)$ for the eight vertex and six vertex models (XYZ, XXZ and XXX chains) are found. The associated integrable magnetic Hamiltonians are explicitly derived, finding families dependig on several continuous as well as discrete parameters.Comment: 13 page

Nonlocal, noncommutative picture in quantum mechanics and distinguished canonical maps

Classical nonlinear canonical (Poisson) maps have a distinguished role in quantum mechanics. They act unitarily on the quantum phase space and generate $\hbar$-independent quantum canonical maps. It is shown that such maps act in the noncommutative phase space as dictated by the classical covariance. A crucial observation made is that under the classical covariance the local quantum mechanical picture can become nonlocal in the Hilbert space. This nonlocal picture is made equivalent by the Weyl map to a noncommutative picture in the phase space formulation of the theory. The connection between the entanglement and nonlocality of the representation is explored and specific examples of the generation of entanglement are provided by using such concepts as the generalized Bell states. That the results have direct application in generating vacuum soliton configurations in the recently popular scalar field theories of noncommutative coordinates is also demonstrated.Comment: 14 pages, one figur

Analytical Bethe Ansatz for A2n−1(2),Bn(1),Cn(1),Dn(1)A^{(2)}_{2n-1}, B^{(1)}_n, C^{(1)}_n, D^{(1)}_n quantum-algebra-invariant open spin chains

We determine the eigenvalues of the transfer matrices for integrable open quantum spin chains which are associated with the affine Lie algebras $A^{(2)}_{2n-1}, B^{(1)}_n, C^{(1)}_n, D^{(1)}_n$, and which have the quantum-algebra invariance U_q(C_n), U_q(B_n), U_q(C_n), U_q(D_n)$, respectively.Comment: 14 pages, latex, no figures (a character causing latex problem is removed

Exact solution of the SUq(n)SU_{q}(n) invariant quantum spin chains

The Nested Bethe Ansatz is generalized to open boundary conditions. This is used to find the exact eigenvectors and eigenvalues of the $A_{n-1}$ vertex model with fixed open boundary conditions and the corresponding $SU_{q}(n)$ invariant hamiltonian. The Bethe Ansatz equations obtained are solved in the thermodynamic limit giving the vertex model free energy and the hamiltonian ground state energy including the corresponding boundary contributions.Comment: 29 page