The multicolour East model

arXiv2207.09782MaRDI QIDQ6405528FDOQ6405528

Publication date: 20 July 2022

Abstract: We consider the multicolour East model, a model of glass forming liquids closely related to the East model on

m a t h b b Z^{d}

. The state space

{(G c u p s t a r)}^{m a t h b b Z^{d}}

consists of

| G | l e 2^{d}

different vacancy types and the neutral state

s t a r

. To each

h i n G

we associate unique facilitation mechanisms

{c_{x}^{h}}_{x i n m a t h b b Z^{d}}

that correspond to rotated versions of the East model constraints. If

c_{x}^{h}

is satisfied, the state on

x

can transition from

h

to

s t a r

with rate

p i n (0, 1)

or vice versa with rate

q_{h} i n (0, 1)

, where generally

q_{h} e q q_{h^{'}}

if

h^{'} e q h

. Notably, vertices in the state

h

cannot transition directly to

h^{'} e q h

and neighbouring

h^{'}

-vacancies do not contribute in satisfying

c_{x}^{h}

. Thus, there is a novel blocking mechanism between vacancies of differing type. We find sufficient conditions on the model geometry to have a positive spectral gap and prove that with

| G | = 2^{d}

the model is not ergodic. For

d = 2

we prove that the model with

| G | l e 3

has positive spectral gap and we find sufficient conditions on the transition rates for the spectral gap to be given in the leading order by the spectral gap of the East model on

m a t h b b Z^{2}

with parameter

q_{m i n} = m i n_{h i n G} q_{h}

in the limit

q_{m i n} i g h t a r r o w 0

. In particular, we prove this when there are

h i n G

with

q_{h} g g q_{m i n}

by explicitly constructing mechanisms on which the frequent vacancy types cooperate to facilitate the East movement of the least frequent vacancies.

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Point processes (e.g., Poisson, Cox, Hawkes processes) (60G55) Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Sums of independent random variables; random walks (60G50) Interacting particle systems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C22)

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