Coexistence of ordered and disordered phases in Potts Models in the continuum (Q1016082)

This paper is the continuation of a previous one [J. Stat. Phys. 133, No. 2, 281--345 (2008; Zbl 1161.82313)] on a continuum extension of the Potts model, in which the particles are points in a \(d\)-dimensional space, with a spin which takes \(S\) values, with \(S\) larger than \(2\). Loosely speaking, it is shown that for any \( \) and for any (positive) value of the inverse temperature, there exists \(S+1\) mutually distinct DLR measures, provided that the scaling parameter of the Kac potential is suitably small. The proof is lengthy and refers to the Sinai-Pirigov(ian) analysis of the LMP model.