We investigate the thermodynamic limit of the su(n)-invariant spin chain models with unparallel boundary fields. It is found that the contribution of the inhomogeneous term in the associated T − Q relation to the ground state energy does vanish in the thermodynamic limit. This fact allows us to calculate the boundary energy of the system. Taking the su(2) (or the XXX) spin chain and the su(3) spin chain as concrete examples, we have studied the corresponding boundary energies of the models. The method used in this paper can be generalized to study the thermodynamic properties and boundary energy of other high rank models with non-diagonal boundary fields.
The Schrödinger equation with hyperbolic potential V(x) = −V0sinh2q(x/d)/cosh6(x/d) (q = 0,1,2,3) is studied by transforming it into the confluent Heun equation. We obtain general symmetric and antisymmetric polynomial solutions of the Schrödinger equation in a unified form via the Functional Bethe ansatz method. Furthermore, we discuss the characteristic of wavefunction of bound state with varying potential strengths. Particularly, the number of wavefunction's nodes decreases with the increase of potential strengths, and the particle tends to the bottom of the potential well correspondingly.
We investigate the thermodynamic limit of the exact solution, which is given by an inhomogeneous T − Q relation, of the one-dimensional supersymmetric t − J model with unparallel boundary magnetic fields. It is shown that the contribution of the inhomogeneous term at the ground state satisfies the L −1 scaling law, where L is the system-size. This fact enables us to calculate the surface (or boundary) energy of the system. The method used in this paper can be generalized to study the thermodynamic limit and surface energy of other models related to rational R-matrices.
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