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Condensation for a fixed number of independent random variables

Probability 2007-09-02 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

A family of m independent identically distributed random variables indexed by a chemical potential \phi\in[0,\gamma] represents piles of particles. As \phi increases to \gamma, the mean number of particles per site converges to a maximal density \rho_c<\infty. The distribution of particles conditioned on the total number of particles equal to n does not depend on \phi (canonical ensemble). For fixed m, as n goes to infinity the canonical ensemble measure behave as follows: removing the site with the maximal number of particles, the distribution of particles in the remaining sites converges to the grand canonical measure with density \rho_c; the remaining particles concentrate (condensate) on a single site.

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@article{arxiv.math/0612856,
  title  = {Condensation for a fixed number of independent random variables},
  author = {Pablo A. Ferrari and Claudio Landim and Valentin V. Sisko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0612856},
  year   = {2007}
}

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6 pages