In this article, we discuss the quantum version of the melting crystal corner in one, two, and three dimensions, generalizing the treatment for the quantum dimer model. Using a mapping to spin chains we find that the two-dimensional case (growth of random partitions) is integrable and leads directly to the Hamiltonian of the Heisenberg XXZ ferromagnet. The three-dimensional case of the melting crystal corner is described in terms of a system of Coupled XXZ spin chains. We give a conjecture for its mass gap and analyze the system numerically. (c) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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Department of Liberal Arts, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Saitama,350-0495, Japan
Institute for Solid State Physics, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa,277-8581, JapanDepartment of Liberal Arts, Saitama Medical University, Moroyama, Saitama,350-0495, Japan