Polynuclear growth model, GOE^2 and random matrix with deterministic source

DOI10.1103/PHYSREVE.71.041606arXivmath-ph/0411057WikidataQ81763003 ScholiaQ81763003MaRDI QIDQ6469286FDOQ6469286

Authors: Takashi Imamura, Tomohiro Sasamoto 

Publication date: 17 November 2004

Abstract: We present a random matrix interpretation of the distribution functions which have appeared in the study of the one-dimensional polynuclear growth (PNG) model with external sources. It is shown that the distribution, GOE${}^2$, which is defined as the square of the GOE Tracy-Widom distribution, can be obtained as the scaled largest eigenvalue distribution of a special case of a random matrix model with a deterministic source, which have been studied in a different context previously. Compared to the original interpretation of the GOE${}^2$ as ``the square of GOE, ours has an advantage that it can also describe the transition from the GUE Tracy-Widom distribution to the GOE${}^2$. We further demonstrate that our random matrix interpretation can be obtained naturally by noting the similarity of the topology between a certain non-colliding Brownian motion model and the multi-layer PNG model with an external source. This provides us with a multi-matrix model interpretation of the multi-point height distributions of the PNG model with an external source.

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