Sanov results for Glauber spin-glass dynamics (Q1925065)

In the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick spin-glass model, \(N\) spins \(\sigma_1,\dots,\sigma_N\) with values in \(E=\{-1,1\}\) are considered; the coupling strength between the spins \(\sigma_i\) and \(\sigma_j\) is described by a standard Gaussian random variable \(J^{i,j}\). This leads to the field \(h_i^J(\sigma)=N^{-1/2}\sum_{j=1,j\not=i}^N J^{i,j}\sigma_j\) acting on \(\sigma_i\). The introduced Glauber dynamics is a single spin-flip process on the state space \(E^N\). The spin \(\sigma_i\) changes its sign with rate \(1/(1+\exp(2\beta\sigma_i h_i^J(\sigma)))\), where \(\beta>0\) is the inverse temperature. The time evolution of the spin and the field at site \(i\) during \([0,T]\) can be described by a sample path \(z_i\in D([0,T],E\times{\mathbb{R}})\). Define the empirical measure by \(\Theta_N=N^{-1}\sum_{i=1}^N\delta_{z_i}\) and consider its annealed distribution in the sense that the expectation is taken with respect to the dynamics and the couplings. In the asymmetric case where all \(J^{i,j}\) with \(i,j\in\{1,\dots,N\}\), \(i\not=j\), are independent, the full large deviation principle as \(N\to\infty\) is proved for \(\{\Theta_N\}_{N\in\mathbb{N}}\) and the minimum of the rate function is discussed. For the case when \(J^{i,j}\) and \(J^{j,i}\) are jointly Gaussian but correlated, the crucial upper large deviation bound for the empirical measures is derived.