Curie-Weiss type models for general spin spaces and quadratic pressure in ergodic theory (Q2202303)

The present paper is the continuation of the recent work [Bull. Soc. Math. Fr. 147, No. 2, 197--219 (2019; Zbl 1430.37007)] of the authors on the generalised Curie-Weiss model and the related quadratic pressure notion in ergodic theory. Therein, close resemblances (affinities) have been established between the theory of phase transitions in model systems of statistical mechanics and that of the thermodynamical formalism of dynamical systems. These have been codified in a ``dictionary'' translating the standard statistical physics lore to this appropriate for the theory of dynamical systems and viceversa, provided one keeps in memory a distinction between probabilistic Gibbs measures (PGM, usually defined on finite lattices) and dynamical Gibbs measures (DGM, invariant measures in the ergodic theory of dynamical systems, which are infinite). With this distinction the notion of quadratic pressure is introduced for dynamical systems and convergence properties of the PGM of a slight generalisation of the Curie-Weiss model are investigated. The present paper is devoted to the study of PGM convergence properties with respect to the quadratic pressure, while admitting more general interactions between sites for mean field interactions. As an example, the equilibrium state for the mean-field XY model as the number of particles goes to $+\infty$ is constructed.