Unitary representations of U_q ( s l(2, R)), the modular double and the multiparticle q-deformed Toda chain

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Abstract: The paper deals with the analytic theory of the quantum q-deformed Toda chain; the technique used combines the methods of representation theory and the Quantum Inverse Scattering Method. The key phenomenon which is under scrutiny is the role of the modular duality concept (first discovered by L.Faddeev) in the representation theory of noncompact semisimple quantum groups. Explicit formulae for the Whittaker vectors are presented in terms of the double sine functions and the wave functions of the N-particle q-deformed open Toda chain are given as a multiple integral of the Mellin-Barnes type. For the periodic chain the two dual Baxter equations are derived.


The paper deals with analytic theory of the quantum two-particle \(q\)-deformed Toda chains and the corresponding theory of joint eigenfunctions of the quantum Toda Hamiltonians that are called the generalized Whittaker functions. This is the simplest nontrivial example clarifying the role of the modular duality concept in the representation theory of noncompact semisimple quantum groups. In Section 1 the elementary representation of the algebra \(U_q(sl(2,\mathbb R)\) is considered. Then the theory of Whittaker vectors and Whittaker functions for the corresponding modular double and with the 2-particle \(q\)-deformed open Toda chain is given. The explicit formulae for the Whittaker vectors in terms of the double sine functions of Barnes are obtained. Moreover, the integral representations for solutions to the one-parameter family of two-particle relativistic Toda chains in the framework of representation theory are derived; all these solutions enjoy the dual symmetry. The article has an Appendix devoted to the analytical properties of the double sine functions.




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