Polynomial KP and BKP \(\tau\)-functions and correlators (Q2231938)

This paper is devoted to polynomial KP and BKP tau functions and correlators. Lattices of polynomial KP and BKP \(\tau\)-functions labelled by partitions, with the flow variables equated to finite power sums, as well as associated multipair KP and multipoint BKP correlation functions, are expressed via generalizations of the Jacobi bialternant formula for Schur functions and the Pfaffian ratio formula for Schur \(Q\)-functions derived in [\textit{J. J. C. Nimmo}, J. Phys. A, Math. Gen. 23, No. 5, 751--760 (1990; Zbl 0721.35069)]. These are obtained by applying Wick's theorem to fermionic vacuum expectation value representations in which the infinite group element acting on the lattice of basis states stabilizes the vacuum. This paper is organized as follows. Sections 1 deals with lattices of KP and BKP \(\tau\)-functions, fermionic constructions and polynomial solutions. Following the approach developed by the Sato school, the basic framework of operators and flows on fermionic Fock space is recalled in Section 2, both for the charged fermion case and for a pair of commuting classes of neutral fermions. Section 3 deals with bialternant formula for polynomial KP \(\tau\)-functions ans Section 4 with a generalized Nimmo formula for polynomial BKP \(\tau\)-functions. Section 5 is devoted to KP multipair and BKP multipoint correlators. In this section, analogous finite determinantal formulas are deduced for the \(n\) pair correlation functions associated to the lattice of KP \(\tau\)-functions. Section 5 is devoted to some examples. The paper is supported by an appendix concerning the implication of Wick's theorem for fermionic vacuum expectation values.