The effect of disorder on the free-energy for the random walk pinning model: smoothing of the phase transition and low temperature asymptotics

DOI10.1007/S10955-010-0110-XzbMATH Open1226.82023arXiv1007.5162OpenAlexW2074939370MaRDI QIDQ629892FDOQ629892

Hubert Lacoin, Quentin Berger

Publication date: 10 March 2011

Published in: Journal of Statistical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We consider the continuous time version of the Random Walk Pinning Model (RWPM), studied in [5,6,7]. Given a fixed realization of a random walk Y$ on Z^d with jump rate rho (that plays the role of the random medium), we modify the law of a random walk X on Z^d with jump rate 1 by reweighting the paths, giving an energy reward proportional to the intersection time L_t(X,Y)=int_0^t ind_{X_s=Y_s}dd s: the weight of the path under the new measure is exp(beta L_t(X,Y)), beta in R. As beta increases, the system exhibits a delocalization/localization transition: there is a critical value beta_c, such that if beta>beta_c the two walks stick together for almost-all Y realizations. A natural question is that of disorder relevance, that is whether the quenched and annealed systems have the same behavior. In this paper we investigate how the disorder modifies the shape of the free energy curve: (1) We prove that, in dimension d larger or equal to three 3, the presence of disorder makes the phase transition at least of second order. This, in dimension larger or equal to 4, contrasts with the fact that the phase transition of the annealed system is of first order. (2) In any dimension, we prove that disorder modifies the low temperature asymptotic of the free energy.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1007.5162

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zbMATH Keywords

disordered modelspolymerHarris criterionpinning/wetting modelssmoothing/rounding effect

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Random walks, random surfaces, lattice animals, etc. in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B41) Phase transitions (general) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B26) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44)

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Uses Software

• RWPM

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