arXiv · cond-mat/9405031
Reaction-Diffusion Processes Described by Three-State Quantum Chains and Integrability
Abstract
The master equation of one-dimensional three-species reaction-diffusion processes is mapped onto an imaginary-time Schrödinger equation. In many cases the Hamiltonian obtained is that of an integrable quantum chain. Within this approach we search for all $3$-state integrable quantum chains whose spectra are known and which are related to diffusive-reactive systems.Two integrable models are found to appear naturally in this context: the $U_{q}\widehat{SU(2)}$-invariant model with external fields and the $3$-state $U_q Su(P/M)$-invariant Perk-Schultz models with external fields. A nonlocal similarity transformation which brings the Hamiltonian governing the chemical processes to the known standard forms is described, leading in the case of periodic boundary conditions to a generalization of the Dzialoshinsky-Moriya interaction.
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Silvio R. Dahmen. 1994-05-11. Reaction-Diffusion Processes Described by Three-State Quantum Chains and Integrability. https://doi.org/10.1088/0305-4470%2F28%2F4%2F016
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