Tunneling behavior of Ising and Potts models in the low-temperature regime

DOI10.1016/J.SPA.2018.12.001zbMATH Open1448.60189arXiv1708.09677OpenAlexW2904256779WikidataQ60368205 ScholiaQ60368205MaRDI QIDQ2010490FDOQ2010490

Francesca Romana Nardi, Alessandro Zocca

Publication date: 27 November 2019

Published in: Stochastic Processes and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the ferromagnetic $q$-state Potts model with zero external field in a finite volume and assume that the stochastic evolution of this system is described by a Glauber-type dynamics parametrized by the inverse temperature $$. Our analysis concerns the low-temperature regime $$, in which this multi-spin system has $q$ stable equilibria, corresponding to the configurations where all spins are equal. Focusing on grid graphs with various boundary conditions, we study the tunneling phenomena of the $q$-state Potts model. More specifically, we describe the asymptotic behavior of the first hitting times between stable equilibria as $$ in probability, in expectation, and in distribution and obtain tight bounds on the mixing time as side-result. In the special case $q=2$, our results characterize the tunneling behavior of the Ising model on grid graphs.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1708.09677

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zbMATH Keywords

hitting timesIsing modelmixing timePotts modelGlauber dynamicsgrid graphs

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Dynamic lattice systems (kinetic Ising, etc.) and systems on graphs in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C20)

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