New conjecture for the SUq(N) Perk-Schultz models

Abstract

In [1] (to which we refer to hereafter by I), based on numerical evidence, we present a series of conjectures about the eigenspectra of the SUq(N) invariant Perk-Schultz Hamiltonians, given by I.1 with p = 0. Subsequent extensive numerical work indicate that the conjecture (3) of I (I.85) is just a particular case of a more general one, relating the ground-state energy of diferent SUq(N) quantum chains. This new conjecture can be stated as follows: Conjecture: The difference of the ground-state energy of the SUq(N) and SUq ′(K) model in an open chain of lenght L is given by E0[SUq(N), q = e iπK/(N+K) ] − E0[SUq(N), q = e iπN/(N+K) ] = π(N − K) 2(1 − L) sin (), (1) 2(N + K) where N = K = 1, 2,... and E0[SUq(1), q)] = 0. The particular case N> 1 and K = 1 gives E0[SUq(N), q = e iπ/(N+1) π(N − 1)] = 2(1 − L) sin (), (2) 2(N + 1) recovering the earlier announced conjecture (I.85). The results (1) and (2) give exact finite-size corrections suporting earlier conjectures about the op-1 erator content of the Perk-Schultz models. As is well known [2] as a consequence of conformal invariance the finite-size corrections of the ground-state energy of critical chains with free boundary conditions are given by E0(L)/L = e ∞ + f∞/L − πc 24L 2 + o(L−2), (3) where e ∞ (f∞) is the ground-state energy per site (surface energy) at the bulk limit L → ∞, and c is the conformal anomaly of the effective underlying conformal field theory defined on a semi-infinte plane. The relations (3) and (2) imply that in the case of the SUq(N) model with q = exp(iπN/(N + 1)) the conformal anomaly has the value c = 0 for all N ≥ 2 and π(N − 1) e ∞ = −f ∞ = −2 sin (. (4) 2(N + 1) Moreover all the other finite-size corrections appearing in (3) are identically zero! This result can be understood from the conjectured operator content of the model. The conformal dimensions of the SUq(N) model are expected to be given by a generalized coulomb gas description x(n, m) = xp