# R-matrix for spin chains

In algebraic Bethe ansatz procedure, one of the central objects is the R-matrix satisfying the Yang-Baxter equation, but all the papers/books give directly its expression without deriving it, so my question is How can i derive the R-matrix for XYZ/XXZ Heisenberg model?

This is essentially an answer to your questions R-matrix for spin chains, Elliptic R-matrix and Yang Baxter solution for XYZ model, $R$ matrix for XYZ spin chain, Algebraic Bethe Ansatz and $R$-matrices, which all basically ask the same question anyway.

In short: to the best of my knowlegde, coming up with an R-matrix is an art, not a derivation. (Cf. the notion of a Lax pair in classical integrability.)

The quantum inverse-scattering method (QISM) was developed as a synthesis of the classical ISM, spin chains and lattice models. The best way to understand it is from this multi-topic point of view, rather than focussing just on spin chains. Faddeev's How Algebraic Bethe Ansatz works for integrable model [arXiv:hep-th/9605187] focusses on spin chains mostly, which makes several constructions --- such as the introduction of an auxiliary space --- appear somewhat ad hoc; at least it certainly felt so to me when I first read them. The vertex-model point of view makes these constructions much more natural; this is also why I organized my lecture notes A pedagogical introduction to quantum integrability, with a view towards theoretical high-energy physics, [arXiv:1501.06805] in the way I did.

• Once you know the Lax matrix (containing the vertex weights) of the six- or eight-vertex model you can solve for the R-matrix (solving the "RTT-relation" with $T=L$ for the case of one site), see e.g. Sections 9.6 and 10.4 in Baxter, Exactly solved models in statistical mechanics (or Appendix C in my lecture notes mentioned above).
• Thank you for your answer ! i understand what you're telling me, and i've seen your notes which seems very interesting, But : suppose that you don't know that XYZ model is integrable, so it's contradictory to find its R-matrix by using the "RTT" relation because the "RTT" is valid only if your model is integrable. In another hand if you look for solutions of Yang-Baxter equation directly, you can not know for which model you're solving. What i was thinking was : In order to find R-matrix for XYZ you have to find $Z_2$ solutions of YBE, but i don't know if it's possible to do? – Giuseppe Apr 6 '18 at 11:11