Communications in Theoretical Physics
Exact Solution of Two-Site Bose–Hubbard Model with Generic Open Boundaries*
Zhirong Xin, Tao Yang, Kun Hao, Wen‐Li Yang
Abstract
Abstract The Bose–Hubbard model is a paradigm for the study of strongly correlated bosonic systems. We study the two-site Bose–Hubbard model with generic integrable open boundaries specified by the most general non-diagonal reflecting matrices. Besides the inhomogeneous parameters, the model itself has three free boundary parameters, which break the U(1)-symmetry, in other words, break the particle number conservation. The Hamiltonian H under these circumstances is constructed. With the help of the off-diagonal Bethe Ansatz method, we successfully obtain the corresponding Bethe Ansatz equations as well as the eigenvalues.