Determinant representation of the domain-wall boundary condition partition function of a Richardson–Gaudin model containing one arbitrary spin

in Journal of Physics. A, Mathematical and Theoretical (2016)

In this work we present a determinant expression for the domain-wall boundary condition partition function of rational (XXX) Richardson–Gaudin models which, in addition to N-1 spins 1/2, contains one ... [more ▼]

In this work we present a determinant expression for the domain-wall boundary condition partition function of rational (XXX) Richardson–Gaudin models which, in addition to N-1 spins 1/2, contains one arbitrarily large spin S. The proposed determinant representation is written in terms of a set of variables which, from previous work, are known to define eigenstates of the quantum integrable models belonging to this class as solutions to quadratic Bethe equations. Such a determinant can be useful numerically since systems of quadratic equations are much simpler to solve than the usual highly nonlinear Bethe equations. It can therefore offer significant gains in stability and computation speed. [less ▲]