Correlation functions for open XXZ spin 1/2 quantum chains with unparallel boundary magnetic fields

In this paper we continue our derivation of the correlation functions of open quantum spin 1/2 chains with unparallel magnetic fields on the edges; this time for the more involved case of the XXZ spin 1/2 chains. We develop our study in the framework of the quantum separation of variables, which gives us both the complete spectrum characterization and simple scalar product formulae for separate states, including transfer matrix eigenstates. Here, we leave the boundary magnetic field in the first site of the chain completely arbitrary, and we fix the boundary field in the last site N of the chain to be a specific value along the z-direction. This is a natural first choice for the unparallel boundary magnetic fields. We prove that under these special boundary conditions, on the one side, we have a simple enough complete spectrum description in terms of homogeneous Baxter like TQ-equation. On the other side, we prove a simple enough description of the action of a basis of local operators on transfer matrix eigen-states as linear combinations of separate states. Thanks to these results, we achieve our main goal to derive correlation functions for a set of local operators both for the finite and half-infinite chains, with multiple integral formulae in this last case.

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In this paper, we study the correlation functions of open quantum spin 1/2 chains with unparallel magnetic fields on the edges, focusing on the more complex case of the XXZ spin 1/2 chains within the framework of quantum separation of variables. We show that under special boundary conditions, we obtain simple spectrum characterization and description of the action of local operators on transfer matrix eigenstates as linear combinations of separate states.