Unitary Representations of Uq(??}(2,ℝ)),¶the Modular Double and the Multiparticle q-Deformed¶Toda Chain

The paper deals with the analytic theory of the quantum q-deformed Toda chains; 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. Received: 11 April 2001 / Accepted: 8 October 2001     

Eigenfunctions of GL(N, ℝ) Toda chain: Mellin-Barnes representation

The recurrent relations between the eigenfunctions of the GL(N, ?) and GL(N-1, ?) quantum Toda chains are derived. As a corollary, the Mellin-Barnes integral representation for the eigenfunctions of a quantum open Toda chain is constructed for the N-particle case.     

装载于外势场中的玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚N-孤子间的相互作用

首先建立起玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚孤子链的微扰复数Toda链理论,然后深入研究玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚N-孤子间的绝热相互作用,分别通过对二次外势场、周期性外势场和二者叠加的复合外势场所引起的三类微扰,利用微扰的复数Toda链理论给出了解析处理, 并和基于分步傅里叶变换的直接数值方法进行比较,发现微扰的复数Toda链方程能够充分揭示上述三类外势场中的N-孤子链的动力学行为和特征.同时还给出了从孤子链中提取一个或多个局域态的倾斜势场或周期性势场的强度临界值,这可为玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚的实验研究 关键词： 玻色-爱因斯坦凝聚 Gross-Pitaevskii方程 物质波孤子 相互作用     

Fermionic flows and tau function of the N = (1|1) superconformal Toda lattice hierarchy

An infinite class of fermionic flows of the N = (1|1) superconformal Toda lattice hierarchy is constructed and their algebraic structure is studied. We completely solve the semi-infinite N = (1|1) Toda lattice and chain hierarchies and derive their tau functions, which may be relevant for building supersymmetric matrix models. Their bosonic limit is also discussed.     

Quantum Cohomology and the Periodic Toda Lattice

We describe a relation between the periodic one-dimensional Toda lattice and the quantum cohomology of the periodic flag manifold (an infinite-dimensional K?hler manifold). This generalizes a result of Givental and Kim relating the open Toda lattice and the quantum cohomology of the finite-dimensional flag manifold. We derive a simple and explicit “differential operator formula” for the necessary quantum products, which applies both to the finite-dimensional and to the infinite-dimensional situations. Received: 20 April 1999 / Accepted: 12 April 2000     

Integral Representation for the Eigenfunctions of a Quantum Periodic Toda Chain

An integral representation for the eigenfunctions of a quantum periodic Toda chain is constructed for the N-particle case. The multiple integral is calculated using the Cauchy residue formula. This gives the representation which reproduces the particular results obtained by Gutzwiller for the N=2,3 and 4-particle chain. Our method of solving the problem combines the ideas of Gutzwiller and the R-matrix approach of Sklyanin with the classical results in the theory of Whittaker functions. In particular, we calculate Sklyanin's invariant scalar product from the Plancherel formula for the Whittaker functions derived by Semenov-Tian-Shansky thus obtaining a natural interpretation of the Sklyanin measure in terms of the Harish-Chandra function.     

Wave function renormalization constants and one-particle form factors in Dl(1) Toda field theories

We apply the method of angular quantization to the calculation of the wave function renormalization constants in D₁⁽¹⁾ affine Toda quantum field theories. A general formula for the wave function renormalization constants in ADE Toda field theories is proposed. We also calculate all one-particle form factors and some of the two-particle form factors of an exponential field.     

Integrability of a family of quantum field theories related to sigma models

A method is introduced for constructing lattice discretizations of large classes of integrable quantum field theories. The method proceeds in two steps: The quantum algebraic structure underlying the integrability of the model is determined from the algebra of the interaction terms in the light-cone representation. The representation theory of the relevant quantum algebra is then used to construct the basic ingredients of the quantum inverse scattering method, the lattice Lax matrices and R-matrices. This method is illustrated with four examples: The sinh-Gordon model, the affine sl(3) Toda model, a model called the fermionic sl(2|1) Toda theory, and the N=2 supersymmetric sine-Gordon model. These models are all related to sigma models in various ways. The N=2 supersymmetric sine-Gordon model, in particular, describes the Pohlmeyer reduction of string theory on AdS₂×S², and is dual to a supersymmetric non-linear sigma model with a sausage-shaped target space.     

Complete Set of Eigenfunctions of the Quantum Toda Chain

The integral representation of the eigenfunctions of quantum periodic Toda chain constructed by Kharchev and Lebedev is revisited. We prove that Pasquier and Gaudin’s solutions of the Baxter equation provides a complete set of eigenfunctions under this integral representation. This will, in addition, show that the joint spectrum of commuting Hamiltonians of the quantum periodic Toda chain is simple.      

Exact solution for the spin-s XXZ quantum chain with non-diagonal twists

We study integrable vertex models and quantum spin chains with toroidal boundary conditions. An interesting class of such boundaries is associated with non-diagonal twist matrices. For such models there are no trivial reference states upon which a Bethe ansatz calculation can be constructed, in contrast to the well-known case of periodic boundary conditions. In this paper we show how the transfer matrix eigenvalue expression for the spin-s XXZ chain twisted by the charge-conjugation matrix can in fact be obtained. The technique used is the generalization to spin-s of the functional relation method based on “pair propagation through a vertex”. The Bethe ansatz-type equations obtained reduce, in the case of lattice size N = 1, to those recently found for the Hofstadter problem of Bloch electrons on a square lattice in a magnetic field.     

Solitary Wave and Periodic Wave Solutions for the Relativistic Toda Lattices

In this work, an adaptation of the tanh/tan-method that is discussed usually in the nonlinear partial differential equations is presented to solve nonlinear polynomial differential-difference equations. As a concrete example, several solitary wave and periodic wave solutions for the chain which is related to the relativistic Toda lattice are derived. Some systems of the differential-difference equations that can be solved using our approach are listed and a discussion is given in conclusion.     

Coherent transport of neutral atoms in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials

We demonstrate the controlled coherent transport and splitting of atomic wave packets in spin-dependent optical lattice potentials. Such experiments open intriguing possibilities for quantum state engineering of many body states. After first preparing localized atomic wave functions in an optical lattice through a Mott insulating phase, we place each atom in a superposition of two internal spin states. Then state selective optical potentials are used to split the wave function of a single atom and transport the corresponding wave packets in two opposite directions. Coherence between the wave packets of an atom delocalized over up to seven lattice sites is demonstrated.     

The N = 2 supersymmetric Toda lattice hierarchy

We propose a new integrable N = 2 supersymmetric Toda lattice hierarchy which may be relevant for constructing a supersymmetric one-matrix model. We define its first two Hamiltonian structures, the recursion operator and Lax-pair representation. We provide partial evidence for the existence of an infinite-dimensional N = 2 superalgebra of its flows. We study its bosonic limit and introduce new Lax-pair representations for the bosonic Toda lattice hierarchy. Finally we discuss the relevance this approach for constructing N = 2 supersymmetric generalized Toda lattice hierarchies.     

The Application of Extended Tanh-Function Approach in Toda Lattice Equations

In this paper, we generalize the extended tanh-function approach, which used to find new exact travelling wave solutions of nonlinear partial differential equations (NPDES) or coupled nonlinear partial differential equations, to nonlinear differential-difference equations (NDDES). As illustration, we discuss some Toda lattice equations, and solitary wave and periodic wave solutions of these Toda lattice equations are obtained by means of the extended tanh-function approach. PACS numbers: 05.45.Yv, 02.30.Jr, 02.30.Ik.     

Resistance and eigenstates in a tight-binding model with quasiperiodic potential

A one-dimensional tight-binding model on a spatially periodic lattice of lengthN, with quasiperiodic potential strength given by the Fibonacci sequence, is investigated numerically. We elucidate theN-dependence of the resistence and the nature of the wave functions. For energies belonging to the spectrum, the results provide strong evidence for algebraic localization and algebraicN-dependence of the resistance, with a distribution of exponents. Implications for quantum chaos are also discussed.     

Stability of solitary wave trains in Hamiltonian wave systems

A class of Hamiltonian nonlinear wave equations possessing complex solitary waves with exponential decay is studied. It is shown that the interpulse interactions in a train of nearly identical solitary waves with large separations between the individual solitary waves are approximately described by a double Toda lattice system, with two variables at each lattice site. Under certain conditions, which are explicitly identified as Cauchy-Riemann equations, the two dynamical variables are real and imaginary parts of a single complex variable, leading to the complex Toda lattice equations, which is a discrete integrable dynamical system. This analysis generalizes to certain nonintegrable partial differential equations a recent result for the nonlinear Schr?dinger equation, and is important for the study of nonlinear communications channels in optical fibers. An example, the cubic-quintic nonlinear Schr?dinger equation, is worked out in detail to show that the theory can be carried through analytically. The theory is used to determine the stability of an infinite chain of nearly identical pulses separated by large time intervals. The entire theory is nonperturbative in the sense that the nonlinear wave equation need not be a weak perturbation of an integrable one.     

Wave function(al)s in the large-N limit

The energy spectrum and correlation functions in various quantum theories have been determined within the large-N limit. Here we study the wave functions. Explicit results are presented for a quantum mechanical rotor, invariant under adjoint transformations of U(N), as well as for O(N) invariant vector models in quantum mechanics and quantum field theory.     

Competing topological orders in the ν=12/5 quantum Hall state

We provide numerical evidence that a p(x)-ip(y) paired Bonderson-Slingerland (BS) non-Abelian hierarchy state is a strong candidate for the observed ν=12/5 quantum Hall plateau. We confirm the existence of a gapped incompressible ν=12/5 quantum Hall state with shift S=2 on the sphere, matching that of the BS state. The exact ground state of the Coulomb interaction at S=2 is shown to have a large overlap with the BS trial wave function. Larger overlaps are obtained with BS-type wave functions that are hierarchical descendants of general p(x)-ip(y) weakly paired states at ν=5/2. We perform a finite-size scaling analysis of the ground-state energies for ν=12/5 states at shifts corresponding to the BS (S=2) and 3-clustered Read-Rezayi (S=-2) universality classes. This analysis reveals very tight competition between these two non-Abelian topological orders.