Characterizing stationary 1+1 dimensional lattice polymer models

Abstract: Motivated by the study of directed polymer models with random weights on the square integer lattice, we define an integrability property shared by the log-gamma, strict-weak, beta, and inverse-beta models. This integrability property encapsulates a preservation in distribution of ratios of partition functions which in turn implies the so called Burke property. We show that under some regularity assumptions, up to trivial modifications, there exist no other models possessing this property.