Universiẗat, Diss., 2003--Wuppertal.

The open spin-1/2 XXZ quantum spin chain with general integrable boundary terms is a fundamental integrable model. Finding a Bethe Ansatz solution for this model has been a subject of intensive research for many years. Such solutions for other simpler spin chain models have been shown to be essential for calculating various physical quantities, e.g., spectrum, scattering amplitudes, finite size corrections, anomalous dimensions of certain field operators in gauge field theories, etc. The first part of this dissertation focuses on Bethe Ansatz solutions for open spin chains with nondiagonal boundary terms. We present such solutions for some special cases where the Hamiltonians contain two free boundary parameters. The functional relation approach is utilized to solve the models at roots of unity, i.e., for bulk anisotropy values eta = i pi/(p+1) where p is a positive integer. This approach is then used to solve open spin chain with the most general integrable boundary terms with six boundary parameters, also at roots of unity, with no constraint among the boundary parameters. The second part of the dissertation is entirely on applications of the newly obtained Bethe Ansatz solutions. We first analyze the ground state and compute the boundary energy (order 1 correction) for all the cases mentioned above. We extend the analysis to study certain excited states for the two-parameter case. We investigate low-lying excited states with one hole and compute the corresponding Casimir energy (order 1/N correction) and conformal dimensions for these states. These results are later generalized to many-hole states. Finally, we compute the boundary S-matrix for one-hole excitations and show that the scattering amplitudes found correspond to the well known results of Ghoshal and Zamolodchikov for the boundary sine-Gordon model provided certain identifications between the lattice parameters (from the spin chain Hamiltonian) and infrared (IR) parameters (from the boundary sine-Gordon S-matrix) are made.

University, Diss., 2003--Dortmund.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / We consider actions of the current Lie algebras $\gl_{n}[t]$ and $\gl_{k}[t]$ on the space $\mathfrak{P}_{kn}$ of polynomials in $kn$ anticommuting variables. The actions depend on parameters $\bar{z}=(z_{1},\dots ,z_{k})$ and $\bar{\alpha}=(\alpha_{1},\dots ,\alpha_{n})$, respectively. We show that the images of the Bethe algebras $\mathcal{B}_{\bar{\alpha}}^{\langle n \rangle}\subset U(\gl_{n}[t])$ and $\mathcal{B}_{\bar{z}}^{\langle k \rangle}\subset U(\gl_{k}[t])$ under these actions coincide. To prove the statement, we use the Bethe ansatz description of eigenvectors of the Bethe algebras via spaces of quasi-exponentials. We establish an explicit correspondence between the spaces of quasi-exponentials describing eigenvectors of $\mathcal{B}_{\bar{\alpha}}^{\langle n \rangle}$ and the spaces of quasi-exponentials describing eigenvectors of $\mathcal{B}_{\bar{z}}^{\langle k \rangle}$. One particular aspect of the duality of the Bethe algebras is that the Gaudin Hamiltonians exchange with the Dynamical Hamiltonians. We study a similar relation between the trigonometric Gaudin and Dynamical Hamiltonians. In trigonometric Gaudin model, spaces of quasi-exponentials are replaced by spaces of quasi-polynomials. We establish an explicit correspondence between the spaces of quasi-polynomials describing eigenvectors of the trigonometric Gaudin Hamiltonians and the spaces of quasi-exponentials describing eigenvectors of the trigonometric Dynamical Hamiltonians. We also establish the $(\gl_{k},\gl_{n})$-duality for the rational, trigonometric and difference versions of Knizhnik-Zamolodchikov and Dynamical equations.

We investigate a special case of the quantum integrable Heisenberg spin chain known as Gaudin model. The Gaudin model is an important example of quantum integrable systems. We study the Gaudin model for the Lie algebra s[z(<C). The key problem is to find the spectrum and the corresponding eigenvectors of the commuting Hamiltonians. The standard method to solve this type of classical problem was introduced by H. Bethe and is known as the Bethe-Ansatz. Bethe's technique has proven to be very powerful in various areas of modem many-body theory and statistical mechanics. [19], [14], [4] Following Sklyanin's ideas in [19], we derive the Bethe-Ansatz equations for sl2(<C). Solving the Bethe-Ansatz equations is equivalent to finding polynomial solutions of the Lame differential equation, which has a meaning in electrostatics. We derive this equation for sl2(<C), and investigate its special cases. We discuss classical and more recent results on the Gaudin spin chain for sl2(<C) and provide numerical evidence for new observations in the real case of the Lame equation. Using roots of classical polynomials known as Jacobi polynomials, which are solutions to a special case of the Lame equation, we numerically approximate solutions to the Lame equation in more complicated settings. We discuss the Gaudin model associated to the Lie algebra sl3(C). Using the Bethe-Ansatz equations for sl3(C), we provide solutions in special cases. / Thesis / Master of Science (MSc)

Wei, Bobo = 基於Bethe Ansatz解的兩個一維多體模型的研究 / 魏勃勃. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 62-68). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Wei, Bobo = Ji yu Bethe Ansatz jie de liang ge yi wei duo ti mo xing de yan jiu / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Cold atoms systems --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- Optical lattice --- p.2 / Chapter 1.1.2 --- Feshbach resonance --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Outline of this work --- p.6 / Chapter 2 --- Review of Bethe ansatz method --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Coordinate Bethe ansatz: One-dimensional Bose gas --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- N = 2 bosons case --- p.11 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- N = 3 bosons case --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Arbitrary N bosons case --- p.15 / Chapter 3 --- Persistent currents in the one-dimensional mesoscopic Hubbard ring --- p.18 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- The model and its Bethe ansatz soluiton --- p.20 / Chapter 3.3 --- The charge persistent current --- p.23 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- The charge persistent current and the on-site interaction U --- p.24 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- The charge persistent current and the system size L --- p.28 / Chapter 3.4 --- The spin persistent current --- p.30 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- The spin persistent current and the on-site interaction U --- p.30 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- The spin persistent current and the system size L --- p.32 / Chapter 3.5 --- Conclusions --- p.33 / Chapter 4 --- Exact results of two-component ultra-cold Fermi gas in a hard wall trap --- p.36 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.36 / Chapter 4.2 --- The model and its exact solution --- p.37 / Chapter 4.3 --- The Theoretical Background --- p.41 / Chapter 4.4 --- N = 2 --- p.44 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Single-particle reduced density matrix and Position density distributions --- p.44 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Momentum density distributions --- p.45 / Chapter 4.5 --- N = 3 --- p.46 / Chapter 4.5.1 --- Single-particle reduced density matrix --- p.46 / Chapter 4.5.2 --- Natural orbitals and their populations --- p.48 / Chapter 4.5.3 --- Momentum density distribution --- p.51 / Chapter 4.5.4 --- Two-particle density distributions --- p.53 / Chapter 4.6 --- Conclusions --- p.53 / Chapter 5 --- Summary and prospects --- p.54 / Chapter 5.1 --- Summary --- p.54 / Chapter 5.2 --- Prospects for further study --- p.55 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Recent experimental advancements on realization of quantum gas --- p.55 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Some recent work on FTG gas --- p.57 / Bibliography --- p.62 / Chapter A --- Explicit form of Bethe ansatz wave function for N = 2 fermions --- p.69 / Chapter B --- "Simplified form of Bethe ansatz wave function for N = 3, M=1 fermions" --- p.73 / Chapter C --- Explicit form of Single-particle reduced density matrix for free fermions --- p.79

De nombreux systèmes physiques peuvent être décrits par des modèles unidimensionnels (1D). C'est le cas de certains gaz d'atomes ultrafroids: dans les bonnes conditions leur dynamique a lieu suivant une seule dimension spatiale.<br />Je me suis intéressée à l'étude de quelques aspects des systèmes intégrables à 1D. D'abord je présente une étude de l'état fondamental d'un système de fermions 1D à 2 composants en interactions de contact répulsives. J'utilise l'ansatz de Bethe pour calculer le diagramme de phase du système homogène. Je prends ensuite en compte un piège harmonique et je montre que les atomes s'organisent en deux couches: une phase partiellement polarisée se trouve au centre du piège et une phase totalement polarisée aux bords.<br />Ensuite j'étudie des corrections dues aux effets de taille finie au gap du spectre d'excitations du modèle d'Hubbard 1D. J'obtiens deux termes correctifs aux résultats de la limite thermodynamique: un en loi de puissances inverses en la taille du système L, et un second exponentiel en L. Dans le régime de faible interaction ce deuxième terme peut être important.<br />Finalement j'étudie la réponse d'un système excité à la modulation temporelle de l'interaction entre atomes. Je considère le modèle de Lieb-Liniger et le modèle non-intégrable d'un gaz de fermions avec une impureté mobile. Je montre que le système non-intégrable est sensible à des excitations de fréquences de l'ordre de l'espacement moyen entre niveaux d'énergie, tandis que le système intégrable n'est excité que par des fréquences beaucoup plus grandes. Cet effet peut être utilisé comme test d'intégrabilité dans des systèmes mésoscopiques 1D et pourrait être observé expérimentalement.

Spin-1/2 chains demonstrate some of the striking effects of interactions and quantum fluctuations in one-dimensional systems. The XXZ model has been used to study the unusual properties of anisotropic spin chains in an external magnetic field. The zero temperature phase diagram for this model exhibits a critical or quasi-long-range-ordered phase which is a realization of a Luttinger liquid. While many static properties of spin-1/2 chains have been explained by combinations of analytical techniques such as bosonization and Bethe ansatz, the standard approach fails in the calculation of some time-dependent correlation functions. I present a study of the longitudinal dynamical structure factor for the XXZ model in the critical regime. I show that an approximation for the line shape of the dynamical structure factor in the limit of small momentum transfer can be obtained by going beyond the Luttinger model and treating irrelevant operators associated with band curvature effects. This approach is able to describe the width of the on-shell peak and the high-frequency tail at finite magnetic field. Integrability is shown to affect the low-energy effective model at zero field, with consequences for the line shape. The power-law singularities at the thresholds of the particle-hole continuum are investigated using an analogy with the X-ray edge problem. Using methods of Bethe ansatz and conformal field theory, I compute the exact exponents for the edge singularities of the dynamical structure factor. The same methods are used to study the long-time asymptotic behavior of the spin self-correlation function, which is shown to be dominated by a high-energy excitation.

Spin-1/2 chains demonstrate some of the striking effects of interactions and quantum fluctuations in one-dimensional systems. The XXZ model has been used to study the unusual properties of anisotropic spin chains in an external magnetic field. The zero temperature phase diagram for this model exhibits a critical or quasi-long-range-ordered phase which is a realization of a Luttinger liquid. While many static properties of spin-1/2 chains have been explained by combinations of analytical techniques such as bosonization and Bethe ansatz, the standard approach fails in the calculation of some time-dependent correlation functions. I present a study of the longitudinal dynamical structure factor for the XXZ model in the critical regime. I show that an approximation for the line shape of the dynamical structure factor in the limit of small momentum transfer can be obtained by going beyond the Luttinger model and treating irrelevant operators associated with band curvature effects. This approach is able to describe the width of the on-shell peak and the high-frequency tail at finite magnetic field. Integrability is shown to affect the low-energy effective model at zero field, with consequences for the line shape. The power-law singularities at the thresholds of the particle-hole continuum are investigated using an analogy with the X-ray edge problem. Using methods of Bethe ansatz and conformal field theory, I compute the exact exponents for the edge singularities of the dynamical structure factor. The same methods are used to study the long-time asymptotic behavior of the spin self-correlation function, which is shown to be dominated by a high-energy excitation.

The main work of this thesis involves the calculation, using the Bethe ansatz, of two of the signature quantities of the one-dimensional delta-function Bose gas. These are the density matrix and concomitantly its Fourier transform the occupation numbers, and the correlation function and concomitantly its Fourier transform the structure factor. The coefficient of the delta-function is called the coupling constant; these quantities are calculated in the finite-coupling regime, both expansions around zero coupling and infinite coupling are considered. Further to this, the density matrix in the infinite coupling limit, and its first order correction, is recast into Toeplitz determinant form. From this the occupation numbers are calculated up to 36 particles for the ground state and up to 26 particles for the first and second excited states. This data is used to fit the coefficients of an ansatz for the occupation numbers. The correlation function in the infinite coupling limit, and its first order correction, is recast into a form which is easy to calculate for any N, and is determined explicitly in the thermodynamic limit.