Thermodynamic limit of the first Lee‐Yang zero

Abstract: We complete the verification of the 1952 Yang and Lee proposal that thermodynamic singularities are exactly the limits in

m a t h b b R

of finite-volume singularities in

m a t h b b C

. For the Ising model defined on a finite

L a m b d a s u b s e t m a t h b b Z^{d}

at inverse temperature

and external field

h

, let

be the modulus of the first zero (that closest to the origin) of its partition function (in the variable

h

). We prove that

decreases to

as

L a m b d a

increases to

m a t h b b Z^{d}

where

is the radius of the largest disk centered at the origin in which the free energy in the thermodynamic limit is analytic. We also note that

is strictly positive if and only if

is strictly less than the critical inverse temperature.

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