Calculation of the constant factor in the six-vertex model

DOI10.4171/AIHPD/11MaRDI QIDQ2019202zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 27 March 2015

Published in Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincaré D. Combinatorics, Physics and their Interactions (AIHPD) (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.3510

zbMATH Keywords

asymptotic behavior of the partition function critical line between disordered and antiferroelectric phases deift-zhou nonlinear steepest descent method domain wall boundary conditions Riemann-Hilbert problem six-vertex model Toda equation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random matrices (algebraic aspects) (15B52) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26)

Abstract: In the present paper we calculate explicitly the constant factor

C

in the large

N

asymptotics of the partition function

Z_{N}

of the six-vertex model with domain wall boundary conditions on the critical line between the disordered and ferroelectric phases. On the critical line the weights

a, b, c

of the model are parameterized by a parameter

a l > 1

, as

a = f r a c a l - 1 2

,

b = f r a c a l + 1 2

,

c = 1

. The asymptotics of

Z_{N}

on the critical line was obtained earlier in the paper cite{BL2} of Bleher and Liechty:

, where

F

and

G

are given by explicit expressions, but the constant factor

C > 0

was not known. To calculate the constant

C

, we find, by using the Riemann-Hilbert approach, an asymptotic behavior of

Z_{N}

in the double scaling limit, as

N

and

a l

tend simultaneously to

i n f t y

in such a way that

f r a c N a l o t g e 0

. Then we apply the Toda equation for the tau-function to find a structural form for

C

, as a function of

a l

, and we combine the structural form of

C

and the double scaling asymptotic behavior of

Z_{N}

to calculate

C

.

Review text

Summary: We calculate explicitly the constant factor \(C\) in the large \(N\) asymptotics of the partition function \(Z_N\) of the six-vertex model with domain wall boundary conditions on the critical line between the disordered and ferroelectric phases. On the critical line the weights \(a,b,c\) of the model are parameterized by a parameter \(\alpha >1\), as \(a=\frac{\alpha-1}{2}\), \(b=\frac{\alpha +1}{2}\), \(c=1\). The asymptotics of \(Z_N\) on the critical line was obtained earlier in the paper [J. Stat. Phys. 134, No. 3, 463--485 (2009; Zbl 1165.82305)] of \textit{P. Bleher} and \textit{K. Liechty}: \(Z_N=CF^{N^2}G^{\sqrt{N}}N^{1/4}(1+O(N^{-1/2}))\), where \(F\) and \(G\) are given by explicit expressions, but the constant factor \(C>0\) was not known. To calculate the constant \(C\), we find, by using the Riemann-Hilbert approach, an asymptotic behavior of \(Z_N\) in the double scaling limit, as \(N\) and \(\alpha\) tend simultaneously to \(\infty\) in such a way that \(\frac{N}{\alpha}\to t\geq 0\). Then we apply the Toda equation for the tau-function to find a structural form for \(C\), as a function of \(\alpha\), and we combine the structural form of \(C\) and the double scaling asymptotic behavior of \(Z_N\) to calculate \(C\).

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