Decay to equilibrium in random spin systems on a lattice (Q679396)

The authors prove for some continuous and discrete spin systems on \(\mathbb{Z}^d\) with random interactions, that there is no spectral gap at high temperature. In the 2-dimensional case they derive under certain assumptions on the random interaction an almost sure stretched exponential upper bound for the decay to equilibrium. The proofs are based on an approximation by finite-volume stochastic dynamics and the use of the logarithmic Sobolev inequality. The paper extends the results of the second author [J. Stat. Phys. 77, No. 3/4, 717-732 (1994; Zbl 0839.60102)].