Convergence in energy-lowering (disordered) stochastic spin systems (Q1863055)
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Convergence in energy-lowering (disordered) stochastic spin systems (English)
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11 March 2003
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A stochastic finite spin system on the \(d\)-dimensional lattice is considered, in which spin flips do not raise the energy. Earlier results of Nanda-Newman-Stein that each site has almost surely only finitely many flips that strictly lower the energy, and thus that in the models without zero-energy flips there is convergence to an absorbing state, are extended: in particular, the assumption of finite mean energy density can be eliminated by constructing a percolation theoretic Lyapunov function density as a substitute for the mean energy density. Results apply to random energy functions with a translation invariant distribution and to general, not necessarily Markovian, dynamics.
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stochastic spin systems
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stochastic Ising model
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disordered systems
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absorbing state
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energy lowering
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Lyapunov function
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percolation
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