Diagonalization of the \(XXZ\) Hamiltonian by vertex operators (Q1208020)

The \(XXZ\) Hamiltonian is an operator \(H\) on the doubly infinite tensor product \(\bigotimes^ \infty_{k=-\infty}\mathbb{C}^ 2\) of copies of \(\mathbb{C}^ 2\). Viewing \(\mathbb{C}^ 2\) as the natural 2-dimensional representation of the quantum affine algebra \(U_ q(\widehat{sl}_ 2)\), it turns out that \(H\) commutes with the action of \(U_ q(\widehat{sl}_ 2)\). The authors analyze this representation of \(U_ q(\widehat{sl}_ 2)\) by crystal basis techniques, and use their results to diagonalize \(H\).