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Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

SU(2) parameterisation of Baxter's model

Omar E. Foda

Published Jul 21, 1990• 0 citations
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Abstract

A parametrisation of the Boltzmann weights of Baxter's symmetric eight-vertex model (1982) is derived, using Cherednik's representation (1979) of the Zamolodchikov algebra, in terms of theta functions based on the weight lattice of SU(2). The Yang-Baxter equations are satisfied as a consequence of the associativity of the Zamolodchikov algebra. The derivation makes the connection of Baxter's model to the spin-1/2 representation of SU(2) explicit.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/23/14/009

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