Stochastic symplectic ice

Abstract

In this paper, we construct solvable ice models (six-vertex models) with stochastic weights and U-turn right boundary, which we term "stochastic symplectic ice". The models consist of alternating rows of two types of vertices. The probabilistic interpretation of the models offers novel interacting particle systems where particles alternately jump to the right and then to the left. Two colored versions of the model and related stochastic dynamics are also introduced. Using the Yang-Baxter equations, we establish functional equations and recursive relations for the partition functions of these models. In particular, the recursive relations satisfied by the partition function of one of the colored models are closely related to Demazure-Lusztig operators of type C.