Large deviations of the KPZ equation via the stochastic Airy operator (Q2119925)

This article deals with the one-point, lower-tail large deviation principle for the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang (KPZ) equation. The KPZ equation was introduced in [\textit{M. Kardar} et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, No. 9, 889--892 (1986; Zbl 1101.82329)] as a model of random surface growth. In one spatial dimension the KPZ equation has the following form: \[ \partial_th=\frac{1}{2}\partial_{xx}h+\frac{1}{2}(\partial_xh)^2+\xi, \] where \(\xi = \xi(t, x)\) denotes the spacetime white noise, and the solution \(h = h(t, x)\) is a random function that describes the height at time \(t \in \mathbb R_+\) and position \(x \in \mathbb R.\) The proof is provided by reviewing the ideas from [\textit{L.-C. Tsai}, ``Exact lower tail large deviations of the KPZ equation'', Preprint, \url{arXiv:1809.03410}]. For the entire collection see [Zbl 1482.60003].