Emergence of concentration effects in the variational analysis of the N-clock model

DOI10.1002/CPA.22033MaRDI QIDQ6341529arXivFDO

Authors Marco Cicalese, Gianluca Orlando, Matthias Ruf

Publication date 27 May 2020

Published in arXiv

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1002/CPA.22033

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

arXiv classification

math-phmath.APmath.MP

Abstract: We investigate the relationship between the $N$-clock model (also known as planar Potts model or $mathbb{Z}_N$-model) and the $XY$ model (at zero temperature) through a $Gamma$-convergence analysis of a suitable rescaling of the energy as both the number of particles and $N$ diverge. We prove the existence of rates of divergence of $N$ for which the continuum limits of the two models differ. With the aid of Cartesian currents we show that the asymptotics of the $N$-clock model in this regime features an energy which may concentrate on geometric objects of various dimensions. This energy prevails over the usual vortex-vortex interaction energy.

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