Partition functions, loop measure, and versions of SLE (Q1022375)

The paper is devoted to the partition function view of the Schramm-Loewner evolution (\(SLE\)) that has become an important tool in studying scaling limits of critical two-dimensional lattice models in statistical mechanics. A number of known results in the framework of Brownian loop measures and scaling rules for partition functions are reviewed. The author describes the partition function view of \(SLE\) measures that are absolutely continuous with respect to chordal \(SLE_\mathcal{K}\) for \(0<\mathcal{K}\leq 4\). The author studies the following subsections: 1. Chordal \(SLE\) as a probability measure, 2. Simply connected domains, 3. Chordal \(SLE\) as a nonprobability measure, 4. \(SLE_\mathcal{K}\) from 0 to \(x\) in \(\mathbb{H}\), 5. Radial \(SLE_\mathcal{K}\), 6. A slightly different measure and 7. Multiple curves. Finally, some speculation about multiply connected domains and some open problems are given.