Integrable light-cone lattice discretizations from the universal R-matrix

DOI10.4310/ATMP.2017.V21.N5.A3MaRDI QIDQ1704534zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Carlo Meneghelli, J. Teschner

Publication date 12 March 2018

Published in Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.04572

zbMATH Keywords

Baxter Q-operatorsintegrable light-cone lattice regularizationquantum field theory on latticesquantum groups and related algebraic methodstwo-dimensional field theories

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Yang-Baxter equations (16T25) Quantum groups (quantized enveloping algebras) and related deformations (17B37) Lattice dynamics; integrable lattice equations (37K60) Discrete version of topics in analysis (39A12) Partial difference equations (39A14) Groups and algebras in quantum theory and relations with integrable systems (81R12) Quantum groups and related algebraic methods applied to problems in quantum theory (81R50) Quantum field theory on lattices (81T25) Two-dimensional field theories, conformal field theories, etc. in quantum mechanics (81T40)

Abstract: Our goal is to develop a more general scheme for constructing integrable lattice regularisations of integrable quantum field theories. Considering the affine Toda theories as examples, we show how to construct such lattice regularisations using the representation theory of quantum affine algebras. This requires us to clarify in particular the relations between the light-cone approach to integrable lattice models and the representation theory of quantum affine algebras. Both are found to be related in a very natural way, suggesting a general scheme for the construction of generalised Baxter Q-operators. One of the main difficulties we need to deal with is coming from the infinite-dimensionality of the relevant families of representations. It is handled by means of suitable renormalisation prescriptions defining what may be called the modular double of quantum affine algebras. This framework allows us to give a representation-theoretic proof of finite-difference equations generalising the Baxter equation.

Review text

In this paper the authors develop a general scheme for constructing integrable lattice regularisations of integrable quantum field theories. Considering the affine Toda theories as examples, they show how to construct such lattice regularisations using the representation theory of quantum affine algebras. The authors clarify the relations between the light-cone approach to integrable lattice models and the representation theory of quantum affine algebras, suggesting a general scheme for the construction of generalised Baxter Q-operators. One of the main difficulties is coming from the infinite-dimensionality of the relevant families of representations. It is handled by means of suitable renormalisation prescriptions defining what may be called the modular double of quantum affine algebras. In particular, this framework allows for a representation-theoretic proof of finite-difference equations generalising the Baxter equation.

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