Phase Transition in the 1d Random Field ising model with long range interaction

We study the one dimensional Ising model with ferromagnetic, long range interaction which decays as |i-j|^{-2+a}, 1/2< a<1, in the presence of an external random filed. we assume that the random field is given by a collection of independent identically distributed random variables, subgaussian with mean zero. We show that for temperature and strength of the randomness (variance) small enough with P=1 with respect to the distribution of the random fields there are at least two distinct extremal Gibbs measures

On the formation/dissolution of equilibrium droplets

We consider liquid-vapor systems in finite volume $V\subset\R^d$ at parameter values corresponding to phase coexistence and study droplet formation due to a fixed excess $\delta N$ of particles above the ambient gas density. We identify a dimensionless parameter $\Delta\sim(\delta N)^{(d+1)/d}/V$ and a \textrm{universal} value \Deltac=\Deltac(d), and show that a droplet of the dense phase occurs whenever \Delta>\Deltac, while, for \Delta<\Deltac, the excess is entirely absorbed into the gaseous background. When the droplet first forms, it comprises a non-trivial, \textrm{universal} fraction of excess particles. Similar reasoning applies to generic two-phase systems at phase coexistence including solid/gas--where the ``droplet'' is crystalline--and polymorphic systems. A sketch of a rigorous proof for the 2D Ising lattice gas is presented; generalizations are discussed heuristically.Comment: An announcement of a forthcoming rigorous work on the 2D Ising model; to appear in Europhys. Let

High Temperature Expansions and Dynamical Systems

We develop a resummed high-temperature expansion for lattice spin systems with long range interactions, in models where the free energy is not, in general, analytic. We establish uniqueness of the Gibbs state and exponential decay of the correlation functions. Then, we apply this expansion to the Perron-Frobenius operator of weakly coupled map lattices.Comment: 33 pages, Latex; [email protected]; [email protected]

Fluctuations of the Phase Boundary in the Ising Ferromagnet

We discuss statistical properties of phase boundary in the 2D low-temperature Ising ferromagnet in a box with the two-component boundary conditions. We prove the weak convergence in C [O, 1] of measures describing the fluctuations of phase boundaries in the canonical ensemble of interfaces with fixed endpoints and area enclosed below them. The limiting Gaussian measure coincides with the conditional distribution of certain Gaussian process obtained by the integral transformation of the white noise

Quantum Markov fields on graphs

We introduce generalized quantum Markov states and generalized d-Markov chains which extend the notion quantum Markov chains on spin systems to that on $C^*$-algebras defined by general graphs. As examples of generalized d-Markov chains, we construct the entangled Markov fields on tree graphs. The concrete examples of generalized d-Markov chains on Cayley trees are also investigated.Comment: 23 pages, 1 figure. accepted to "Infinite Dimensional Anal. Quantum Probability & Related Topics

The low-temperature phase of Kac-Ising models

We analyse the low temperature phase of ferromagnetic Kac-Ising models in dimensions $d\geq 2$. We show that if the range of interactions is \g^{-1}, then two disjoint translation invariant Gibbs states exist, if the inverse temperature \b satisfies \b -1\geq \g^\k where \k=\frac {d(1-\e)}{(2d+1)(d+1)}, for any \e>0. The prove involves the blocking procedure usual for Kac models and also a contour representation for the resulting long-range (almost) continuous spin system which is suitable for the use of a variant of the Peierls argument.Comment: 19pp, Plain Te

Absence of Phase Transition for Antiferromagnetic Potts Models via the Dobrushin Uniqueness Theorem

We prove that the $q$-state Potts antiferromagnet on a lattice of maximum coordination number $r$ exhibits exponential decay of correlations uniformly at all temperatures (including zero temperature) whenever $q > 2r$. We also prove slightly better bounds for several two-dimensional lattices: square lattice (exponential decay for $q \ge 7$), triangular lattice ($q \ge 11$), hexagonal lattice ($q \ge 4$), and Kagom\'e lattice ($q \ge 6$). The proofs are based on the Dobrushin uniqueness theorem.Comment: 32 pages including 3 figures. Self-unpacking file containing the tex file, the needed macros (epsf.sty, indent.sty, subeqnarray.sty, and eqsection.sty) and the 3 ps file

One-Dimensional Hard-Rod Caricature of Hydrodynamics: Navier-Stokes Correction

One-dimensional system of hard-rod particles of length a is studied in the hydrodynamical limit. The Navier-Stokes correction to Euler's equation is found for an initial locally-equilibrium family of states of constant density ρ ϵ [0,a^(-1)). The correction is given, at t~0, by the non-linear second-order differential operator (Bf)(q,v) = (a^2/2)(∂/∂q)[∫dw|v-w|f(q,w)(∂/∂q)f(q,v) - f(q,v)∫dw|v-w|(∂/∂q)f(q,w)](1-ρa)^(-1) where f(q,v) is the (hydrodynamical) density at a point q ϵ R^1 of the species of particles with velocity v ϵ R^1

On the convergence of cluster expansions for polymer gases

We compare the different convergence criteria available for cluster expansions of polymer gases subjected to hard-core exclusions, with emphasis on polymers defined as finite subsets of a countable set (e.g. contour expansions and more generally high- and low-temperature expansions). In order of increasing strength, these criteria are: (i) Dobrushin criterion, obtained by a simple inductive argument; (ii) Gruber-Kunz criterion obtained through the use of Kirkwood-Salzburg equations, and (iii) a criterion obtained by two of us via a direct combinatorial handling of the terms of the expansion. We show that for subset polymers our sharper criterion can be proven both by a suitable adaptation of Dobrushin inductive argument and by an alternative --in fact, more elementary-- handling of the Kirkwood-Salzburg equations. In addition we show that for general abstract polymers this alternative treatment leads to the same convergence region as the inductive Dobrushin argument and, furthermore, to a systematic way to improve bounds on correlations

Lattice Dynamics in the Half-Space, II. Energy Transport Equation

We consider the lattice dynamics in the half-space. The initial data are random according to a probability measure which enforces slow spatial variation on the linear scale $\varepsilon^{-1}$. We establish two time regimes. For times of order $\varepsilon^{-\gamma}$, $0<\gamma<1$, locally the measure converges to a Gaussian measure which is time stationary with a covariance inherited from the initial measure (non-Gaussian, in general). For times of order $\varepsilon^{-1}$, this covariance changes in time and is governed by a semiclassical transport equation.Comment: 35 page