Macroscopic behavior of Lipschitz random surfaces

DOI10.2140/PMP.2024.5.177arXiv2004.15025OpenAlexW4391360980WikidataQ129088045 ScholiaQ129088045MaRDI QIDQ6151640FDOQ6151640

Authors: Piet Lammers, Martin Tassy 

Publication date: 12 February 2024

Published in: Probability and Mathematical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The motivation for this article is to derive strict convexity of the surface tension for Lipschitz random surfaces, that is, for models of random Lipschitz functions from $mathbb{Z}^d$ to $mathbbZ$ or $mathbbR$. An essential innovation is that random surface models with long- and infinite-range interactions are included in the analysis. More specifically, we cover at least: uniformly random graph homomorphisms from $mathbb{Z}^d$ to a $k$-regular tree for any $kgeq2$ and Lipschitz potentials which satisfy the FKG lattice condition. The latter includes perturbations of dimer- and six-vertex models and of Lipschitz simply attractive potentials introduced by Sheffield. The main result is that we prove strict convexity of the surface tension -- which implies uniqueness for the limiting macroscopic profile -- if the model of interest is monotone in the boundary conditions. This solves a conjecture of Menz and Tassy, and answers a question posed by Sheffield. Auxiliary to this, we prove several results which may be of independent interest, and which do not rely on the model being monotone. This includes existence and topological properties of the specific free energy, as well as a characterization of its minimizers. We also prove a general large deviations principle which describes both the macroscopic profile and the local statistics of the height functions. This work is inspired by, but independent of, Random Surfaces by Sheffield.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.15025

zbMATH Keywords

ergodicitylarge deviations principlesurface tensionvariational principlelimit shapessix-vertex modelstochastic monotonicitygradient Gibbs measuresrandom Lipschitz functionsentropy minimizers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Large deviations (60F10) Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B20) Statistical thermodynamics (82B30)

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