Algebraic Bethe Ansatz for XYZ Gaudin model

The eigenvectors of the Hamiltionians of the XYZ Gaudin model are constructed by means of the algebraic Bethe Ansatz. The construction is based on the quasi-classical limit of the corresponding results for the inhomogeneous higher spin eight vertex model.Comment: 11 pages, Latex file; minor correction

Sklyanin Bracket and Deformation of the Calogero-Moser System

A two-dimensional integrable system being a deformation of the rational Calogero-Moser system is constructed via the symplectic reduction, performed with respect to the Sklyanin algebra action. We explicitly resolve the respective classical equations of motion via the projection method and quantize the system.Comment: 14 pages, no figure

Contractions of quantum algebraic structures

A general framework for obtaining certain types of contracted and centrally extended algebras is presented. The whole process relies on the existence of quadratic algebras, which appear in the context of boundary integrable models.Comment: 6 pages, Latex. Proceedings contribution to the "9th Hellenic School on Elementary Particle Physics and Gravity" Corfu, September 2009. Based on a talk given by A.

The Nonlinear Schrodinger Equation on the Half Line

The nonlinear Schrodinger equation on the half line with mixed boundary condition is investigated. After a brief introduction to the corresponding classical boundary value problem, the exact second quantized solution of the system is constructed. The construction is based on a new algebraic structure, which is called in what follows boundary algebra and which substitutes, in the presence of boundaries, the familiar Zamolodchikov-Faddeev algebra. The fundamental quantum field theory properties of the solution are established and discussed in detail. The relative scattering operator is derived in the Haag-Ruelle framework, suitably generalized to the case of broken translation invariance in space.Comment: Tex file, no figures, 32 page

Separation of Variables. New Trends.

The review is based on the author's papers since 1985 in which a new approach to the separation of variables (\SoV) has being developed. It is argued that \SoV, understood generally enough, could be the most universal tool to solve integrable models of the classical and quantum mechanics. It is shown that the standard construction of the action-angle variables from the poles of the Baker-Akhiezer function can be interpreted as a variant of \SoV, and moreover, for many particular models it has a direct quantum counterpart. The list of the models discussed includes XXX and XYZ magnets, Gaudin model, Nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation, $SL(3)$-invariant magnetic chain. New results for the 3-particle quantum Calogero-Moser system are reported.Comment: 33 pages, harvmac, no figure

Noncompact Heisenberg spin magnets from high-energy QCD: I. Baxter Q-operator and Separation of Variables

We analyze a completely integrable two-dimensional quantum-mechanical model that emerged in the recent studies of the compound gluonic states in multi-color QCD at high energy. The model represents a generalization of the well-known homogenous Heisenberg spin magnet to infinite-dimensional representations of the SL(2,C) group and can be reformulated within the Quantum Inverse Scattering Method. Solving the Yang-Baxter equation, we obtain the R-matrix for the SL(2,C) representations of the principal series and discuss its properties. We explicitly construct the Baxter Q-operator for this model and show how it can be used to determine the energy spectrum. We apply Sklyanin's method of the Separated Variables to obtain an integral representation for the eigenfunctions of the Hamiltonian. We demonstrate that the language of Feynman diagrams supplemented with the method of uniqueness provide a powerful technique for analyzing the properties of the model.Comment: 61 pages, 19 figures; version to appear in Nucl.Phys.

B\"acklund Transformation for the BC-Type Toda Lattice

We study an integrable case of n-particle Toda lattice: open chain with boundary terms containing 4 parameters. For this model we construct a B\"acklund transformation and prove its basic properties: canonicity, commutativity and spectrality. The B\"acklund transformation can be also viewed as a discretized time dynamics. Two Lax matrices are used: of order 2 and of order 2n+2, which are mutually dual, sharing the same spectral curve.Comment: This is a contribution to the Vadim Kuznetsov Memorial Issue on Integrable Systems and Related Topics, published in SIGMA (Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications) at http://www.emis.de/journals/SIGMA