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Decimations for One- and Two-dimensional Ising and Rotator Models II: Continuous versus Discrete Symmetries

Mathematical Physics 2022-12-21 v2 math.MP Probability

Abstract

We show how decimated Gibbs measures which have an unbroken continuous symmetry due to the Mermin-Wagner theorem, although their discrete equivalents have a phase transition, still can become non-Gibbsian. The mechanism rests on the occurrence of a spin-flop transition with a broken discrete symmetry, once the model is constrained by the decimated spins in a suitably chosen "bad" configuration.

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@article{arxiv.2206.06990,
  title  = {Decimations for One- and Two-dimensional Ising and Rotator Models II: Continuous versus Discrete Symmetries},
  author = {Matteo D'Achille and Arnaud Le Ny and Aernout C. D. van Enter},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2206.06990},
  year   = {2022}
}

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16 pages, 1 figure (updated)