New solutions of the star–triangle relation with discrete and continuous spin variables

Abstract

A new solution to the star–triangle relation is given, for an Ising type model of interacting spins containing integer and real valued components. Boltzmann weights of the model are given in terms of the lens elliptic gamma function, and are based on Yamazaki’s recently obtained solution of the star–star relation. The star–triangle relation given here, implies Seiberg duality for the 4−d index of the SU(2) quiver gauge theory, and the corresponding two component spin case of the star–star relation of Yamazaki. A proof of the star–triangle relation is given, resulting in a new elliptic hypergeometric summation/integration identity. The star–triangle relation in this paper contains the master solution of Bazhanov and Sergeev as a special case. Two other limiting cases are considered one of which gives a new star–triangle relation in terms of ratios of infinite q-products, while the other case gives a new way of deriving a star–triangle relation that was previously obtained by the author.