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Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz for the Toda chain

Alberto Brollo

Published Oct 27, 2026• 0 citations
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Abstract

Two working Mathematica Notebooks. istTBA.nb provides the solution of the coupled soliton-radiation TBA equations. fluidTBA.nb provides the solution in terms of fluid excitations, i.e. quasiparticles. The two notebooks are self-contained, commented, and easy to run.
DOI
10.5281/zenodo.23696291

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