2010/05/20 by Davide Masoero
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #math.CA #hep-th #math-ph #math.MP
paper · pdf · doi:10.1007/s11005-010-0425-1
published as Lett.Math.Phys.94:151-164,2010 · 12 pages. Minor corrections in Section 3
arxiv created 2010/05/20 · arxiv updated 2010/10/29
We introduce a new tool, the Deformed TBA (Deformed Thermodynamic Bethe Ansatz), to analyze the monodromy problem of the cubic oscillator. The Deformed TBA is a system of five coupled nonlinear integral equations, which in a particular case reduces to the Zamolodchikov TBA equation for the 3-state Potts model. Our method generalizes the Dorey-Tateo analysis of the (monomial) cubic oscillator. We introduce a Y-system corresponding to the Deformed TBA and give it an elegant geometric interpretation.