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A 0-1 law for the massive Gaussian free field

Probability 2017-08-15 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We investigate the phase transition in a non-planar correlated percolation model with long-range dependence, obtained by considering level sets of a Gaussian free field with mass above a given height hh. The dependence present in the model is a notorious impediment when trying to analyze the behavior near criticality. Alongside the critical threshold hh_{*} for percolation, a second parameter hhh_{**} \geq h_{*} characterizes a strongly subcritical regime. We prove that the relevant crossing probabilities converge to 11 polynomially fast below hh_{**}, which (firmly) suggests that the phase transition is sharp. A key tool is the derivation of a suitable differential inequality for the free field that enables the use of a (conditional) influence theorem.

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@article{arxiv.1505.08169,
  title  = {A 0-1 law for the massive Gaussian free field},
  author = {Pierre-François Rodriguez},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1505.08169},
  year   = {2017}
}

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24 pages, 1 figure, to appear in Probab. Theor. Rel. Fields