On the relation between U_ q(sl(2)) vertex operators and q-zonal functions

DOI10.1023/A:1007380231874MaRDI QIDQ1354889zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors A. Hamid Bougourzi, Luc Vinet

Publication date 2 April 1998

Published in Letters in Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9604021

zbMATH Keywords

\(q\)-zonal functionquantum affine algebravertex operator

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Kac-Moody (super)algebras; extended affine Lie algebras; toroidal Lie algebras (17B67) Vertex operators; vertex operator algebras and related structures (17B69) Connections of basic hypergeometric functions with quantum groups, Chevalley groups, (p)-adic groups, Hecke algebras, and related topics (33D80)

Abstract: We show how the states constructed from the action of the modes of bosonized vertex operators, that intertwine $U_q(widehatsl(2))$ modules, are related to $q$-zonal functions.

Review text

Let \(\widehat{\text{sl}}(2)\) be the affine Lie algebra corresponding to the finite dimensional Lie algebra \(\text{sl}(2)\), and let \(U_q(\widehat{\text{sl}}(2))\) be the corresponding quantum affine algebra. Let \(\Lambda_i\), \(i\in\{1,2\}\), be the fundamental weights for \(\widehat{\text{sl}}(2)\), \(V(\Lambda_i)\) the level-one highest weight modules for \(U_q(\widehat{\text{sl}}(2))\), and \(V(z)=V\otimes[z,z^{-1}]\) the level-zero evaluation module for \(U_q(\widehat{\text{sl}}(2))\). It is shown that the states constructed from the modes of the vertex operators \(\phi^{i,\pm}(z)\) intertwining \(U_q(\widehat{\text{sl}}(2))\)-modules as \(\phi^{i,+}(z)\otimes v_++\phi^{i,-}(z)\otimes v_-: V(\Lambda_i)\to V(\Lambda_{i-1})\otimes V(z)\), are related to the Macdonald functions \(P_\lambda (x;q^4,q^2)\). In the limit \(q\to 1\), these functions reduce to the \(q\)-zonal functions \(Z_\lambda(x)\). These results are compared with the results of other authors on general vertex operators related to Macdonald functions.

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