Abstract Using the planar Temperley–Lieb algebra, critical bond percolation on the square lattice can be reformulated as a loop model. In this form, it is incorporated as L M ( 2 , 3 ) in the Yang–Baxter integrable family of logarithmic minimal models L M ( p , p ′ ) . We consider this model of percolation in the presence of boundaries and with periodic boundary conditions. Inspired by Kuniba, Sakai and Suzuki, we rewrite the recently obtained infinite Y -system of functional equations. In this way, we obtain nonlinear integral equations in the form of a closed finite set of TBA equations described by a D 3 Dynkin diagram. Following the methods of Klümper and Pearce, we solve the TBA equations for the conformal finite-size corrections. For the ground states of the standard modules on the strip, these agree with the known central charge c = 0 and conformal weights Δ 1 , s for s ∈ Z ⩾ 1 with Δ r , s = ( ( 3 r − 2 s ) 2 − 1 ) / 24 . For the periodic case, the finite-size corrections agree with the conformal weights Δ 0 , s , Δ 1 , s with s
Abstract Using the planar Temperley–Lieb algebra, critical bond percolation on the square lattice can be reformulated as a loop model. In this form, it is incorporated as L M ( 2 , 3 ) in the Yang–Baxter integrable family of logarithmic minimal models L M ( p , p ′ ) . We consider this model of percolation in the presence of boundaries and with periodic boundary conditions. Inspired by Kuniba, Sakai and Suzuki, we rewrite the recently obtained infinite Y -system of functional equations. In this way, we obtain nonlinear integral equations in the form of a closed finite set of TBA equations described by a D 3 Dynkin diagram. Following the methods of Klümper and Pearce, we solve the TBA equations for the conformal finite-size corrections. For the ground states of the standard modules on the strip, these agree with the known central charge c = 0 and conformal weights Δ 1 , s for s ∈ Z ⩾ 1 with Δ r , s = ( ( 3 r − 2 s ) 2 − 1 ) / 24 . For the periodic case, the finite-size corrections agree with the conformal weights Δ 0 , s , Δ 1 , s with s
Abstract Critical site percolation on the triangular lattice is described by the Yang–Baxter solvable dilute A 2 ( 2 ) loop model with crossing parameter specialized to λ = π 3 , corresponding to the contractible loop fugacity β = − 2 cos 4 λ = 1 . We study the functional relations satisfied by the commuting transfer matrices of this model and the associated Bethe ansatz equations. The single and double row transfer matrices are respectively endowed with strip and periodic boundary conditions, and are elements of the ordinary and periodic dilute Temperley–Lieb algebras. The standard modules for these algebras are labelled by the number of defects d and, in the latter case, also by the twist e i γ . Nonlinear integral equation techniques are used to analytically solve the Bethe ansatz functional equations in the scaling limit for the central charge c = 0 and conformal weights Δ , Δ ˉ . For the ground states, we find Δ = Δ 1 , d + 1 for strip boundary conditions and ( Δ , Δ ˉ ) = ( Δ γ / π , d / 2 , Δ γ / π , − d / 2 ) for periodic boundary conditions, where Δ r , s = 1 24 ( ( 3 r − 2 s ) 2 − 1 ) . We give explicit conjectures for the scaling limit of the trace of the transfer matrix in each standard module. For d ⩽ 8 , these conjectures are supported by numerical solutions of the logarithmic form of the Bethe ansatz equations for the leading 20 or more c
Working in the dense loop representation, we use the planar Temperley–Lieb algebra to build integrable lattice models called logarithmic minimal models . Specifically, we construct Yang–Baxter integrable Temperley–Lieb models on the strip acting on link states and consider their associated Hamiltonian limits. These models and their associated representations of the Temperley–Lieb algebra are inherently non-local and not (time-reversal) symmetric. We argue that, in the continuum scaling limit, they yield logarithmic conformal field theories with central charges c = 1−(6( p − p ') 2 / pp '), where p , p ' = 1, 2, ... are coprime. The first few members of the principal series are critical dense polymers ( m = 1, c = −2), critical percolation ( m = 2, c = 0) and the logarithmic Ising model ( m = 3, c = 1/2). For the principal series, we find an infinite family of integrable and conformal boundary conditions organized in an extended Kac table with conformal weights Δ r , s = ((( m +1) r − ms ) 2 −1)/4 m ( m +1), r , s = 1, 2, .... The associated conformal partition functions are given in terms of Virasoro characters of highest-weight representations. Individually, these characters decompose into a finite number of characters of irreducible representations. We show with examples how indecomposable representations arise from fusion.
Abstract The fusion hierarchy, T -system and Y -system of functional equations are the key to exact solvability for 2d lattice models. We derive these equations for the generic dilute loop models. The fused transfer matrices are associated with nodes of the infinite dominant integral weight lattice of . For generic values of the crossing parameter , the T - and Y -systems do not truncate. For the case rational so that is a root of unity, we find explicit closure relations and derive closed finite T - and Y -systems. The thermodynamics Bethe ansatz (TBA) integral equations and the associated TBA diagrams of the Y-systems are not of simple Dynkin type. They involve nodes if p is even and nodes if p is odd and are related to the TBA diagrams of models at roots of unity by a folding which originates from the addition of crossing symmetry. In an appropriate regime, the known central charges are . Prototypical examples of the loop models, at roots of unity, include critical dense polymers with central charge c = −2, and loop fugacity and critical site percolation on the triangular lattice with c = 0, and . Solving the TBA equations for the conformal data will determine whether these models lie in the same universality classes as their counterparts. More specifically, it will confirm the extent to which bond and site percolation lie in the same universality class as logarithmic conformal field theories.
For general Temperley–Lieb loop models, including the logarithmic minimal models LM ( p , p ′ ) with p , p ′ coprime integers, we construct an infinite family of Robin boundary conditions on the strip as linear combinations of Neumann and Dirichlet boundary conditions. These boundary conditions are Yang–Baxter integrable and allow loop segments to terminate on the boundary. Algebraically, the Robin boundary conditions are described by the one-boundary Temperley–Lieb algebra. Solvable critical dense polymers is the first member LM ( 1 , 2 ) of the family of logarithmic minimal models and has loop fugacity β = 0 and central charge c = − 2 . Specialising to LM ( 1 , 2 ) with our Robin boundary conditions, we solve the model exactly on strips of arbitrary finite size N and extract the finite-size conformal corrections using an Euler–Maclaurin formula. The key to the solution is an inversion identity satisfied by the commuting double row transfer matrices. This inversion identity is established directly in the Temperley–Lieb algebra. We classify the eigenvalues of the double row transfer matrices using the physical combinatorics of the patterns of zeros in the complex spectral parameter plane and obtain finitised characters related to spaces of coinvariants of Z 4 fermions. In the continuum scaling limit, the Robin boundary conditions are associated with irreducible Virasoro Verma modules with conformal weights Δ r , s − 1 2 = 1 32 ( L 2 − 4 ) where L = 2 s − 1 − 4 r , r ∈ Z , s ∈ N . These conformal weights populate a Kac table with half-integer Kac labels. Fusion of the corresponding modules with the generators of the Kac fusion algebra is examined and general fusion rules are proposed.
A lattice model of critical dense polymers is solved exactly for arbitrary system size on the torus. More generally, an infinite family of lattice loop models is studied on the torus and related to the corresponding Fortuin–Kasteleyn random cluster models. Starting with a cylinder, the commuting periodic single-row transfer matrices are built from the periodic Temperley–Lieb algebra extended by the shift operators Ω±1. In this enlarged algebra, the non-contractible loop fugacity is α and the contractible loop fugacity is β. The torus is formed by gluing the top and bottom of the cylinder. This gives rise to a variety of non-contractible loops winding around the torus. Because of their nonlocal nature, the standard matrix trace does not produce the proper geometric torus. Instead, we introduce a modified matrix trace for this purpose. This is achieved by using a representation of the enlarged periodic Temperley–Lieb algebra with a parameter v that keeps track of the winding of defects on the cylinder. The transfer matrix representatives and their eigenvalues thus depend on v. The modified trace is constructed as a linear functional on planar connectivity diagrams in terms of matrix traces Trd (with a fixed number of defects d) and Chebyshev polynomials of the first kind. For critical dense polymers, where β=0, the transfer matrix eigenvalues are obtained by solving a functional equation in the form of an inversion identity. The solution depends on d and is subject to selection rules which we prove. Simplifications occur if all non-contractible loop fugacities are set to α=2 in which case the traces are evaluated at v=1. In the continuum scaling limit, the corresponding conformal torus partition function obtained from finite-size corrections agrees with the known modular invariant partition function of symplectic fermions.
Abstract We consider the Y -systems satisfied by the A 1 ( 1 ) , A 2 ( 1 ) , A 2 ( 2 ) vertex and loop models at roots of unity with twisted boundary conditions on the cylinder. The vertex models are the 6-, 15- and Izergin–Korepin 19-vertex models respectively. The corresponding loop models are the dense, fully packed and dilute Temperley–Lieb loop models respectively. For all three models, our focus is on roots of unity values of e i λ with the crossing parameter λ corresponding to the principal and dual series of these models. Converting the known functional equations to nonlinear integral equations in the form of thermodynamic Bethe ansatz equations, we solve the Y -systems for the finite-size 1 N corrections to the groundstate eigenvalue following the methods of Klümper and Pearce. The resulting expressions for c − 24Δ, where c is the central charge and Δ is the conformal weight associated with the groundstate, are simplified using various dilogarithm identities. Our analytic results are in agreement with previous results obtained by different methods.