Representations of Quantum Affine Algebras in their R-Matrix Realization

Abstract

We use the isomorphisms between the R-matrix and Drinfeld presentations of the quantum affine algebras in types B, C and D produced in our previous work to describe finite-dimensional irreducible representations in the R-matrix realization.We also review the isomorphisms for the Yangians of these types and use Gauss decomposition to establish an equivalence of the descriptions of the representations in the R-matrix and Drinfeld presentations of the Yangians.