Free Field Construction for Correlation Functions of the Eight-Vertex Model

Abstract

A free field representation for the type $I$ vertex operators and the corner transfer matrices of the eight-vertex model is proposed. The construction uses the vertex-face correspondence, which makes it possible to express correlation functions of the eight-vertex model in terms of correlation functions of the SOS model with a nonlocal insertion. This new nonlocal insertion admits of a free field representation in terms of Lukyanov's screening operator. The spectrum of the corner transfer matrix and the Baxter--Kelland formula for the average staggered polarization have been reproduced.