Asymptotics of mean-field O(N) models

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Abstract: We study mean-field classical N-vector models, for integers Nge2. We use the theory of large deviations and Stein's method to study the total spin and its typical behavior, specifically obtaining non-normal limit theorems at the critical temperatures and central limit theorems away from criticality. Important special cases of these models are the XY (N=2) model of superconductors, the Heisenberg (N=3) model (previously studied in cite{KM} but with a correction to the critical distribution here), and the Toy (N=4) model of the Higgs sector in particle physics.


Let \(N\) be a positive integer. This paper deals with the study of mean-field \(N\)-vector models in the infinite limit for complete graphs. In the first part, large deviation principles for the total spin (with rate functions) and the empirical spin distribution (with relative entropies) for each non-negative inverse temperature are established. The main results include the following contributions: (i) limit theorems for total spin in each phase; (ii) a central limit theorem in the subcritical (disordered) phase for the total spin; (iii) a central limit theorem in the supercritical (ordered) phase for the total spin with a different scaling; (iv) a non-normal limit theorem for the total spin at the critical temperature. The proofs combine the non-normal Stein method, estimates for the free energy, and related analytic arguments.











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