arXiv:cond-mat/0212475 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General
The wavefunctions for the free-fermion part of the spectrum of theSUq(N) quantum spin models
Francisco Castilho Alcaraz, Yu. G. Stroganov
Abstract
We conjecture that the free-fermion part of the eigenspectrum observed recently for the SU q ( N ) Perk–Schultz spin chain Hamiltonian in a finite lattice with q = exp(iπ( N − 1)/ N ) is a consequence of the existence of a special simple eigenvalue for the transfer matrix of the auxiliary inhomogeneous SU q ( N − 1) vertex model which appears in the nested Bethe ansatz approach. We prove that this conjecture is valid for the case of the SU q (3) spin chain with periodic boundary condition. In this case we obtain a formula for the components of the eigenvector of the auxiliary inhomogeneous 6-vertex model ( q = exp(2iπ/3)), which permits us to find one by one all components of this eigenvector and consequently to find the eigenvectors of the free-fermion part of the eigenspectrum of the SU q (3) spin chain. Similarly, as in the known case of the SU q (2) case at q = exp(i2π/3) our numerical and analytical studies induce some conjectures for special rates of correlation functions.