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arXiv:hep-th/9502040 · Journal of Physics A Mathematical and General

Exact solution and interfacial tension of the six-vertex model with anti-periodic boundary conditions

Murray T. Batchelor, R. J. Baxter, M J O'Rourke, C M Yung

Published May 21, 1995• 98 citations
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Abstract

We consider the six-vertex model with anti-periodic boundary conditions across a finite strip. The row-to-row transfer matrix is diagonalized by the 'commuting transfer matrices' method. From the exact solution we obtain an independent derivation of the interfacial tension of the six-vertex model in the anti-ferroelectric phase. The nature of the corresponding integrable boundary condition on the XXZ spin chain is also discussed.

DOI
10.1088/0305-4470/28/10/009

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