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arXiv:hep-th/9409138 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Integrable XYZ spin chain with boundaries

T. Inami, Hitoshi Konno

Published Dec 21, 1994• 110 citations
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Abstract

We consider a general class of boundary terms of the open XYZ spin-1/2 chain compatible with integrability. We have obtained the general elliptic solution of a K-matrix obeying the boundary Yang-Baxter equation using the R-matrix of the eight-vertex model and derived the associated integrable spin-chain Hamiltonian.
DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/27/24/002

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