On the Gaudin model of type G$_2$
Kang Lu, E. Mukhin
TL;DR
This work extends Gaudin-model analysis to the exceptional Lie type $G_2$ by constructing the Bethe algebra $\\mathcal{B}$ and a universal differential operator $\\mathcal{D}^{\\mathcal{B}}$, linking eigenvectors to scalar differential operators whose kernels are self-self-dual spaces. A central achievement is proving completeness of the Bethe ansatz for tensor products of the form $V_{\\lambda} \otimes V_{\\omega_2}^{\otimes k}$ with generic parameters, and deriving explicit two-point Bethe solutions that generate all eigenvectors via reproduction procedures. The authors then build a rich geometric picture by identifying Gaudin eigenvalues with self-self-dual spaces, organizing them into the self-self-dual Grassmannian $\\mathbb{S}\mathrm{Gr}_d$ and its $\\mathfrak{g}$-stratification, with strata labeled by unordered weight data and nonnegative integers. This stratification is connected to Schubert calculus, the $^t\mathfrak{g}$-opers (via Miura transformations), and the Wronski map, yielding a precise description of closures and degrees of the covering maps that relate strata to spectral data. Overall, the paper provides a deep synthesis of representation theory, algebraic geometry, and differential-operator methods to describe the Gaudin spectrum for $G_2$ and its geometric stratification.
Abstract
We derive a number of results related to the Gaudin model associated to the simple Lie algebra of type G$_2$. We compute explicit formulas for solutions of the Bethe ansatz equations associated to the tensor product of an arbitrary finite-dimensional irreducible module and the vector representation. We use this result to show that the Bethe ansatz is complete in any tensor product where all but one factor are vector representations and the evaluation parameters are generic. We show that the points of the spectrum of the Gaudin model in type G$_2$ are in a bijective correspondence with self-self-dual spaces of polynomials. We study the set of all self-self-dual spaces - the self-self-dual Grassmannian. We establish a stratification of the self-self-dual Grassmannian with the strata labeled by unordered sets of dominant integral weights and unordered sets of nonnegative integers, satisfying certain explicit conditions. We describe closures of the strata in terms of representation theory.
