A general smoothing inequality for disordered polymers

DOI10.1214/ECP.V18-2874zbMATH Open1329.60329arXiv1306.3449MaRDI QIDQ743049FDOQ743049

Authors: Francesco Caravenna, F. den Hollander 

Publication date: 22 September 2014

Published in: Electronic Communications in Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: This note sharpens the smoothing inequality of Giacomin and Toninelli for disordered polymers. This inequality is shown to be valid for any disorder distribution with locally finite exponential moments, and to provide an asymptotically sharp constant for weak disorder. A key tool in the proof is an estimate that compares the effect on the free energy of tilting, respectively, shifting the disorder distribution. This estimate holds in large generality (way beyond disordered polymers) and is of independent interest.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1306.3449

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zbMATH Keywords

shiftpinning modelcopolymer modeldisorder distributiondisordered polymerssmoothing inequalitytilt

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory (60K35) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44) Statistical mechanics of polymers (82D60)

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