Spectral analysis of an open \(q\)-difference Toda chain with two-sided boundary interactions on the finite integer lattice (Q6203839)

Summary: A quantum \(n\)-particle model consisting of an open \(q\)-difference Toda chain with two-sided boundary interactions is placed on a finite integer lattice. The spectrum and eigenbasis are computed by establishing the equivalence with a previously studied \(q\)-boson model from which the quantum integrability is inherited. Specifically, the \(q\)-boson-Toda correspondence in question yields Bethe Ansatz eigenfunctions in terms of hyperoctahedral Hall-Littlewood polynomials and provides the pertinent solutions of the Bethe Ansatz equations via the global minima of corresponding Yang-Yang-type Morse functions.