Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
Thermodynamics of the quantum Toda lattice
A Matsuyama
Abstract
Thermodynamics of the quantum Toda lattice is studied based on Gutzwiller's quantization condition and Yang - Yang's thermodynamic formulation. It is shown that Gutzwiller's quantization condition becomes identical to the Bethe ansatz equation in the thermodynamic limit. We have calculated the thermodynamic averages of the energy, higher-order conserved quantities and the specific heat. The average energy and the specific heat become close to those of the classical Toda lattice in the high temperature limit, while they are similar to those of a harmonic chain in the low temperature limit.