Lee-Yang zeros for the DHL and 2D rational dynamics. I: Foliation of the physical cylinder (Q522913)

Let \(\Gamma_0\) be an interval, and \(\Gamma_1=\Gamma\) be the diamond graph. Consider a hierarchical lattice as a sequence of graphs \(\Gamma_n\), where \(\Gamma_{n+1}\) is obtained from \(\Gamma_n\) by replacing each edge of \(\Gamma_n\) with \(\Gamma\). This is called the diamond hierarchical lattice (DHL). In the paper the authors study the distribution of the zeros of the partition function of the Ising model on DHL. The distribution is described in terms of the dynamics of the rational function \[ \mathcal R(z,t)=\left({z^2+t^2\over z^{-2}+t^2}, {z^2+z^{-2}+2\over z^2+z^{-2}+t^2+t^{-2}}\right). \] It is proved that \(\mathcal R\) is partially hyperbolic on an invariant cylinder \(\mathbb C\). The Lee-Yang zeros are organized in a transverse measure for the central-stable foliation of \(\mathcal R|\mathbb C\). It is proved that the Lee-Yang distributions are absolutely continuous with respect to the Lebesque measure. Its density is \(C^{\infty}\) and non-vanishing below the critical temperature. Above the critical temperature, it is \(C^{\infty}\) on a open dense subset, but it vanishes on a set of positive measure.