Slab percolation for the Ising model (Q1775520): Difference between revisions

A correspondence between the \(q\)-state Potts model and the random cluster measure was established by \textit{C. Fortuin} and \textit{P. Kasteleyn} [``On the random-cluster model. I: Introduction and relation to other models'', Physica 57, 536--564 (1972)]. This representation of the Potts model is referred to as FK representation. Of particular interest for the author is the Ising model at inverse temperature \(\beta\) which can be related to the Potts model by setting \(q=2\) and choosing the bond intensity \(p=1-\exp(-2\beta)\). For \(d \geq3\), one may wonder if the stronger property of percolation in a slab also holds up the critical value. For any integers \((L,N) \) the slabs of thickness \(L\) are defined as \[ S_{L,N}=\{-L,\dots,L\}^{d-2}\times\{-N,\dots,N\}^2 , \quad S_L=\{-L,\dots,L\}^{d-2}\times Z^2. \] A critical value \( \hat{p}_c(L)\) can be associated to any slab thickness \(L\). The slab percolation threshold \(\hat{p}_c\) is a limit \(\hat{p}_c(L)\) as \(L\) tends to infinity. The main result of this paper is to prove that for the random cluster measure associated to the Ising model, the slab percolation threshold coincides with the critical temperature in any dimension \(d\geq 3\).