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arXiv:cond-mat/0106405 · Physical review. B, Condensed matter

Algebraic Bethe ansatz for a discrete-state BCS pairing model

Jan von Delft, Rubik Poghossian

Published Oct 4, 2002• 62 citations
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Abstract

We show in detail how Richardson's exact solution of a discrete-state BCS (DBCS) model can be recovered as a special case of an algebraic Bethe-ansatz solution of the inhomogeneous XXX vertex model with twisted boundary conditions: by implementing the twist using Sklyanin's $\mathbf{K}$-matrix construction and taking the quasiclassical limit, one obtains a complete set of conserved quantities ${\mathbf{H}}_{i}$ from which the DBCS Hamiltonian can be constructed as a second order polynomial. The eigenvalues and eigenstates of the ${\mathbf{H}}_{i}$ (which reduce to the Gaudin Hamiltonians in the limit of infinitely strong coupling) are exactly known in terms of a set of parameters determined by a set of on-shell Bethe ansatz equations, which reproduce Richardson's equations for these parameters. We thus clarify that the integrability of the DBCS model is a special case of the integrability of the twisted inhomogeneous XXX vertex model. Furthermore, by considering the twisted inhomogeneous XXZ model and/or choosing a generic polynomial of the ${\mathbf{H}}_{i}$'s as Hamiltonian, more general exactly solvable models can be constructed. To make the paper accessible to readers that are not Bethe-ansatz experts, the introductory sections include a self-contained review of those of its feature which are needed here.

DOI
10.1103/physrevb.66.134502

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