Norms of eigenfunctions to trigonometric KZB operators

Abstract

Let $g$ be a simple Lie algebra and $V[0]=V_1\otimes...\otimes V_n[0]$ the zero weight subspace of a tensor product of $g$-modules. The trigonometric KZB operators are commuting differential operators acting on $V[0]$-valued functions on the Cartan subalgebra of $g$. Meromorphic eigenfunctions to the operators are constructed by the Bethe ansatz. We introduce a scalar product on a suitable space of functions such that the operators become symmetric, and the square of the norm of a Bethe eigenfunction equals the Hessian of the master function at the corresponding critical point.