Gaussian free field light cones and SLE_()

DOI10.1214/18-AOP1331zbMATH Open1453.60142arXiv1606.02260OpenAlexW2991589566MaRDI QIDQ2189455FDOQ2189455

Authors: Jason Miller, Scott Sheffield 

Publication date: 15 June 2020

Published in: The Annals of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We derive a surprising correspondence between SLE${}_{kappa}(ho)$ processes and light cones of the Gaussian free field (GFF). Recall that (one-sided, chordal, origin-seeded) SLE${}_{k}appa(ho)$ processes are in some sense the simplest and most natural variants of the Schramm-Loewner evolution. They were originally defined only for $ho>-2$, but one can use L'evy compensation to extend the definition to any $ho>-2-frackappa2$ and to obtain qualitatively different curves. The triangle $T=(kappa,ho):(-2-frackappa2)vee(frackappa2-4)<ho<-2$ is the primary focus of this paper. When $(kappa,ho)inT$, the SLE${}_{k}appa(ho)$ curves are highly non-simple (and double points are dense) even though $kappa<4$. Let $h$ be an instance of the GFF. Fix $kappain(0,4)$ and $chi=2/sqrtkappa-sqrtkappa/2$. Recall that an imaginary geometry ray is a flow line of $e^{i(h/chi+heta)}$ that looks locally like SLE${}_{k}appa$. The light cone with parameter $hetain[0,pi]$ is the set of points reachable from the origin by a sequence of rays with angles in $[-heta/2,heta/2]$. When $heta=0$, the light cone looks like SLE${}_{k}appa$, and when $heta=pi$ it looks like the range of an SLE${}_{16/kappa}$. We find that when $hetain(0,pi)$ the light cones are either fractal carpets with a dense set of holes or space-filling regions with no holes. We show that every non-space-filling light cone (with $hetain(0,pi]$ and $kappain(0,4)$) agrees in law with the range of an SLE${}_{k}appa(ho)$ process with $(kappa,ho)inT$. Conversely, the range of any SLE${}_{k}appa(ho)$ with $(kappa,ho)inT$ agrees in law with a non-space-filling light cone. As a consequence, we obtain the first proof that these SLE${}_{k}appa(ho)$ processes are continuous and show that they are natural path-valued functions of the GFF.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1606.02260

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zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian free fieldSchramm-Loewner evolutionimaginary geometry

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Gaussian processes (60G15) Random fields (60G60) Stochastic (Schramm-)Loewner evolution (SLE) (60J67)

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