Journal of High Energy Physics
Off-diagonal Bethe Ansatz solution of the τ 2-model
Xiaotian Xu, Junpeng Cao, Shuai Cui, Wen‐Li Yang, Kangjie Shi, Yupeng Wang
Abstract
The generic quantum τ 2-model (also known as Baxter-Bazhanov-Stroganov (BBS) model) with periodic boundary condition is studied via the off-diagonal Bethe Ansatz method. The eigenvalues of the corresponding transfer matrix (solutions of the recursive functional relations in τ j -hierarchy) with generic site-dependent inhomogeneity parameters are given in terms of an inhomogeneous T − Q relation with polynomial Q-functions. The associated Bethe Ansatz equations are obtained. Numerical solutions of the Bethe Ansatz equations for small number of sites indicate that the inhomogeneous T − Q relation does indeed give the complete spectrum.