Metastates in mean-field models with random external fields generated by Markov chains (Q664581)

The authors continue to analyze a class of mean-field systems, moving from a situation where the quenched disorder was assumed to be independent identically distributed [\textit{G. Iacobelli} and \textit{C. Külske}, J. Stat. Phys. 140, No. 1, 27--55 (2010; Zbl 1193.82020)] to a situation where the disorder is generated by a Markov chain. It is proved that for non-degenerate Markov chains, the structure of the theorems is analogous to the case of i.i.d. variables. New phenomena appear when the Markov chains are degenerate.