Exact solutions of 1-D Hubbard model with open boundary conditions and the conformal dimensions under boundary magnetic fields

Abstract

The Bethe ansatz equations of the 1-D Hubbard model under open boundary conditions are systematically derived by diagonalizing the inhomogeneous transfer matrix of the XXX model with open boundaries. Through the finite-size correction, we obtain the energy spectrum of the open chain and discuss the effects of boundary magnetic fields applied only at the edges of the chain. Several physical implications of the finite-size spectrum are discussed from the viewpoint of the boundary conformal field theories (BCFT); the conformal dimension of the spin excitation is quite sensitive to the boundary magnetic fields, and this sensitivity can be explained in terms of the $\pi/2$-phase shift of the BCFT. For several limiting cases such as for the half-filling case, the conformal dimensions are explicitly calculated.