A possible combinatorial point for XYZ-spin chain

We formulate and discuss a number of conjectures on the ground state vectors of the XYZ-spin chains of odd length with periodic boundary conditions and a special choice of the Hamiltonian parameters. In particular, arguments for the validity of a sum rule for the components, which describes in a sense the degree of antiferromagneticity of the chain, are given.Comment: AMSLaTeX, 15 page

On Z-graded loop Lie algebras, loop groups, and Toda equations

Toda equations associated with twisted loop groups are considered. Such equations are specified by Z-gradations of the corresponding twisted loop Lie algebras. The classification of Toda equations related to twisted loop Lie algebras with integrable Z-gradations is discussed.Comment: 24 pages, talk given at the Workshop "Classical and Quantum Integrable Systems" (Dubna, January, 2007

On Z-gradations of twisted loop Lie algebras of complex simple Lie algebras

We define the twisted loop Lie algebra of a finite dimensional Lie algebra $\mathfrak g$ as the Fr\'echet space of all twisted periodic smooth mappings from $\mathbb R$ to $\mathfrak g$. Here the Lie algebra operation is continuous. We call such Lie algebras Fr\'echet Lie algebras. We introduce the notion of an integrable $\mathbb Z$-gradation of a Fr\'echet Lie algebra, and find all inequivalent integrable $\mathbb Z$-gradations with finite dimensional grading subspaces of twisted loop Lie algebras of complex simple Lie algebras.Comment: 26 page

Bethe roots and refined enumeration of alternating-sign matrices

The properties of the most probable ground state candidate for the XXZ spin chain with the anisotropy parameter equal to -1/2 and an odd number of sites is considered. Some linear combinations of the components of the considered state, divided by the maximal component, coincide with the elementary symmetric polynomials in the corresponding Bethe roots. It is proved that those polynomials are equal to the numbers providing the refined enumeration of the alternating-sign matrices of order M+1 divided by the total number of the alternating-sign matrices of order M, for the chain of length 2M+1.Comment: LaTeX 2e, 12 pages, minor corrections, references adde

The Wave Functions for the Free-Fermion Part of the Spectrum of the SUq(N)SU_q(N) Quantum Spin Models

We conjecture that the free-fermion part of the eigenspectrum observed recently for the $SU_q(N)$ Perk-Schultz spin chain Hamiltonian in a finite lattice with $q=\exp (i\pi (N-1)/N)$ is a consequence of the existence of a special simple eigenvalue for the transfer matrix of the auxiliary inhomogeneous $SU_q(N-1)$ vertex model which appears in the nested Bethe ansatz approach. We prove that this conjecture is valid for the case of the SU(3) spin chain with periodic boundary condition. In this case we obtain a formula for the components of the eigenvector of the auxiliary inhomogeneous 6-vertex model ($q=\exp (2 i \pi/3)$), which permit us to find one by one all components of this eigenvector and consequently to find the eigenvectors of the free-fermion part of the eigenspectrum of the SU(3) spin chain. Similarly as in the known case of the $SU_q(2)$ case at $q=\exp(i2\pi/3)$ our numerical and analytical studies induce some conjectures for special rates of correlation functions.Comment: 25 pages and no figure

Ground-state properties of a supersymmetric fermion chain

We analyze the ground state of a strongly interacting fermion chain with a supersymmetry. We conjecture a number of exact results, such as a hidden duality between weak and strong couplings. By exploiting a scale free property of the perturbative expansions, we find exact expressions for the order parameters, yielding the critical exponents. We show that the ground state of this fermion chain and another model in the same universality class, the XYZ chain along a line of couplings, are both written in terms of the same polynomials. We demonstrate this explicitly for up to N = 24 sites, and provide consistency checks for large N. These polynomials satisfy a recursion relation related to the Painlev\'e VI differential equation, and using a scale-free property of these polynomials, we derive a simple and exact formula for their limit as N goes to infinity.Comment: v2: added more information on scaling function, fixed typo

Spin chains and combinatorics: twisted boundary conditions

The finite XXZ Heisenberg spin chain with twisted boundary conditions was considered. For the case of even number of sites $N$, anisotropy parameter -1/2 and twisting angle $2 \pi /3$ the Hamiltonian of the system possesses an eigenvalue $-3N/2$. The explicit form of the corresponding eigenvector was found for $N \le 12$. Conjecturing that this vector is the ground state of the system we made and verified several conjectures related to the norm of the ground state vector, its component with maximal absolute value and some correlation functions, which have combinatorial nature. In particular, the squared norm of the ground state vector is probably coincides with the number of half-turn symmetric alternating sign $N \times N$ matrices.Comment: LaTeX file, 7 page

Polynomial solutions of qKZ equation and ground state of XXZ spin chain at Delta = -1/2

Integral formulae for polynomial solutions of the quantum Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov equations associated with the R-matrix of the six-vertex model are considered. It is proved that when the deformation parameter q is equal to e^{+- 2 pi i/3} and the number of vertical lines of the lattice is odd, the solution under consideration is an eigenvector of the inhomogeneous transfer matrix of the six-vertex model. In the homogeneous limit it is a ground state eigenvector of the antiferromagnetic XXZ spin chain with the anisotropy parameter Delta equal to -1/2 and odd number of sites. The obtained integral representations for the components of this eigenvector allow to prove some conjectures on its properties formulated earlier. A new statement relating the ground state components of XXZ spin chains and Temperley-Lieb loop models is formulated and proved.Comment: v2: cosmetic changes, new section on refined TSSCPPs vs refined ASM

The Importance of being Odd

In this letter I consider mainly a finite XXZ spin chain with periodic boundary conditions and \bf{odd} \rm number of sites. This system is described by the Hamiltonian $H_{xxz}=-\sum_{j=1}^{N}\{\sigma_j^{x}\sigma_{j+1}^{x} +\sigma_j^{y}\sigma_{j+1}^{y} +\Delta \sigma_j^z\sigma_{j+1}^z\}$. As it turned out, its ground state energy is exactly proportional to the number of sites $E=-3N/2$ for a special value of the asymmetry parameter $\Delta=-1/2$. The trigonometric polynomial $q(u)$, zeroes of which being the parameters of the ground state Bethe eigenvector is explicitly constructed. This polynomial of degree $n=(N-1)/2$ satisfy the Baxter T-Q equation. Using the second independent solution of this equation corresponding to the same eigenvalue of the transfer matrix, it is possible to find a derivative of the ground state energy w.r.t. the asymmetry parameter. This derivative is closely connected with the correlation function $=-1/2+3/2N^2$. In its turn this correlation function is related to an average number of spin strings for the ground state of the system under consideration: $= {3/8}(N-1/N)$. I would like to stress once more that all these simple formulas are \bf wrong \rm in the case of even number of sites. Exactly this case is usually considered.Comment: 9 pages, based on the talk given at NATO Advanced Research Workshop "Dynamical Symmetries in Integrable Two-dimensional Quantum Field Theories and Lattice Models", 25-30 September 2000, Kyiv, Ukraine. New references are added plus some minor correction

Temperley-Lieb Stochastic Processes

We discuss one-dimensional stochastic processes defined through the Temperley-Lieb algebra related to the Q=1 Potts model. For various boundary conditions, we formulate a conjecture relating the probability distribution which describes the stationary state, to the enumeration of a symmetry class of alternating sign matrices, objects that have received much attention in combinatorics.Comment: 9 pages LaTeX, 11 Postscript figures, minor change