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International Journal of Modern Physics B

NEW AND OLD SYMMETRIES OF INTEGRABLE SPIN CHAINS

Rafael I. Nepomechie

Published Dec 30, 1999• 0 citations
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Abstract

This article summarizes the results of two recent investigations with A. Doikou on symmetries of integrable quantum spin chains which have been motivated in part by the computation of exact boundary and bulk scattering matrices.
DOI
10.1142/s0217979299004100

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