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arXiv:math-ph/0005008 · Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics

Six-vertex model with domain wall boundary conditions and one-matrix model

Paul Zinn-Justin

Published Sep 1, 2000• 123 citations
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Abstract

The partition function of the six-vertex model on a square lattice with domain wall boundary conditions (DWBC) is rewritten as a Hermitian one-matrix model or a discretized version of it (similar to sums over Young diagrams), depending on the phase. The expression is exact for finite lattice size, which is equal to the size of the corresponding matrix. In the thermodynamic limit, the matrix integral is computed using traditional matrix model techniques, thus providing a complete treatment of the bulk free energy of the six-vertex model with DWBC in the different phases. In particular, in the antiferroelectric phase, the bulk free energy and a subdominant correction are given exactly in terms of elliptic theta functions.

DOI
10.1103/physreve.62.3411

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The partition function of the six-vertex model on a square lattice with domain wall boundary conditions (DWBC) is rewritten as a Hermitian one-matrix model or a discretized version of it (similar to sums over Young diagrams), depending on the phase. The expression is exact for finite lattice size, which is equal to the size of the corresponding matrix. In the thermodynamic limit, the matrix integral is computed using traditional matrix model techniques, thus providing a complete treatment of the bulk free energy of the six-vertex model with DWBC in the different phases. In particular, in the antiferroelectric phase, the bulk free energy and a subdominant correction are given exactly in terms of elliptic theta functions.
The six-vertex model, or the square ice model, with domain wall boundary conditions (DWBC) has been introduced and solved for finite nnn by Korepin and Izergin. The solution is based on the Yang-Baxter equations and it represents the free energy in terms of an n×nn\times nn×n Hankel determinant. Paul Zinn-Justin observed that the Izergin-Korepin formula can be re-expressed in terms of the partition function of a random matrix model with a nonpolynomial interaction. We use this observation to obtain the large nnn asymptotics of the six-vertex model with DWBC. The solution is based on the Riemann-Hilbert approach. In this paper we review asymptotic results obtained in different regions of the phase diagram.
The six-vertex model on an N × N square lattice with domain wall boundary conditions is considered. A Fredholm determinant representation for the partition function of the model is given. The kernel of the corresponding integral operator is of the so-called integrable type, and involves classical orthogonal polynomials. From this representation, a ‘reconstruction’ formula is proposed, which expresses the partition function as the trace of a suitably chosen quantum operator, in the spirit of corner transfer matrix and vertex operator approaches to integrable spin models.
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In this note, we consider the six-vertex model with domain wall boundary conditions, defined on an M×M lattice, in the inhomogeneous case where the partition function depends on 2M inhomogeneities λj and μk. For a particular choice of the set of λj we find a new determinant representation for the partition function, which allows evaluation of the bulk free energy in the thermodynamic limit. This provides a new connection between two types of determinant formulas. We also show in a special case that spin correlations on the horizontal line going through the center coincide with the ones for periodic boundary conditions.