THE SPIN-S XXZ QUANTUM CHAIN WITH GENERAL TOROIDAL BOUNDARY-CONDITIONS

The authors derive the operator content of the spin-S XXZ quantum chain with generalised toroidal boundary conditions compatible with the U(1) symmetry of the model. These results are derived by solving numerically the associated Bethe ansatz equations for finite chains and exploring the consequences of the conformal invariance of the infinite system. They also show that, as in the spin-1/2 case, the conformal anomaly and dimensions of general extended SU(2) algebras can be obtained from these spin-S chains by choosing properly the coupling constant and the boundary condition.