arXiv:hep-th/0312235 · Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
Bethe ansatz for the Temperley–Lieb loop model with open boundaries
Jan de Gier, Pavel Pyatov
Abstract
We diagonalize the Hamiltonian of the Temperley–Lieb loop model with open boundaries using a coordinate Bethe ansatz calculation. We find that in the ground-state sector of the loop Hamiltonian, but not in other sectors, a certain constraint on the parameters has to be satisfied. This constraint has a natural interpretation in the Temperley–Lieb algebra with boundary generators. The spectrum of the loop model contains that of the quantum spin-1/2 XXZ chain with non-diagonal boundary conditions. We hence derive a recently conjectured solution of the complete spectrum of this XXZ chain. We furthermore point out a connection with recent results for the two-boundary sine–Gordon model.