Two-dimensional Bose gas at low density

We propose a new method to describe the interacting bose gas at zero temperature. We use the decomposition of the logarithm of the wave function into the irreducible $n$-point functions. We argue that in the low density limit this expansion corresponds to the expansion of the ground-state energy in powers of the small parameter. For three-dimensional system the correction to the ground-state energy in density is reproduced. For two-dimensional dilute bose gas the ground- state energy in the leading order in the parameter |\ln\a^2\rho|^{-1} where \a is a scattering length is obtained.Comment: 16 pages, LaTex, report INR P-805/93 199

Baxter Q- operator and functional relations

We obtain the Baxter Q-operators in the $U_q(\hat{sl}_2)$ invariant integrable models as a special limits of the quantum transfer matrices corresponding to different spins in the auxiliary space both from the functional relations and from the explicit calculations. We derive the Baxter equation from the well known fusion relations for the transfer matrices. Our method is valid for an arbitrary integrable model corresponding to the quantum group $U_q(\hat{sl}_2)$ for example for the XXZ- spin chain.Comment: 10 pages, few comments adde