arXiv:cond-mat/0212280 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
Nonlinear integral equations for thermodynamics of thesl(r 1) Uimin Sutherland model
Zengo Tsuboi
Abstract
We derive traditional thermodynamic Bethe ansatz (TBA) equations for the sl ( r + 1) Uimin–Sutherland model from the T -system of the quantum transfer matrix. These TBA equations are identical to the those from the string hypothesis. Next we derive a new family of nonlinear integral equations (NLIEs). In particular, a subset of these NLIEs forms a system of NLIEs which contains only a finite number of unknown functions. For r = 1, this subset of NLIEs reduces to Takahashi's NLIE for the XXX spin chain. A relation between the traditional TBA equations and our new NLIEs is clarified. Based on our new NLIEs, we also calculate the high-temperature expansion of the free energy.