Vertex operators for boundary algebras

Abstract

We construct embeddings of boundary algebras B into ZF algebras A. Since it is known that these algebras are the relevant ones for the study of quantum integrable systems (with boundaries for B and without for A), this connection allows to make the link between different approaches of the systems with boundaries. The construction uses the well-bred vertex operators built recently, and is classified by reflection matrices. It relies only on the existence of an R-matrix obeying a unitarity condition, and as such can be applied to any infinite dimensional quantum group.