Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
Deformation of Wess–Zumino–Witten fusion rules from open q -boson models with diagonal boundary conditions*
J. F. van Diejen
Abstract
Abstract It is known from work of Korff that the q -boson model with periodic boundary conditions gives rise to a q -deformation of the Wess–Zumino–Witten fusion algebra of type  . We employ recent results on the diagonalization of a finite aperiodic q -boson model with diagonal open end boundary conditions, so as to construct an analogous deformation of the Wess–Zumino–Witten fusion algebra of type B C ̂ .