International Journal of Modern Physics B
TAXONOMY OF THE SIXTEEN-VERTEX MODELS
S. Boukraa, J.-M. Maillard
Abstract
A classification of the subcases of the sixteen-vertex model compatible with the infinite symmetry group generated by the inversion relations of the model is performed. The elliptic parameterization of these models is recalled, emphasizing the subvarieties of the parameter space for which this parameterization degenerates into a rational one. This situation corresponds to the vanishing of some discriminant and is deeply related to the critical and disorder manifolds for these models. We concentrate on subcases of the sixteen-vertex model for which factorizations of this discriminant occur, allowing further exact calculations.