Algebraic Bethe ansatz for eight vertex model with general open-boundary conditions

Abstract

By using the intertwiner and face-vertex correpondence relation, we obtain the Bethe ansatz equation of eight vertex model with open boundary condtitions in the framework of algebraic Bethe ansatz method. The open boundary condition under consideration is the general solution of the reflection equation for eight vertex model with only one restriction on the free parameters of the right side reflecting boundary matrix. The reflecting boundary matrices used in this paper thus may have off-diagonal elements. Our construction can also be used for the Bethe ansatz of SOS model with reflection boundaries.