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Directed polymers in heavy-tail random environment

Probability 2018-06-01 v2

Abstract

We study the directed polymer model in dimension 1+1{1+1} when the environment is heavy-tailed, with a decay exponent α(0,2)\alpha\in(0,2). We give all possible scaling limits of the model in the weak-coupling regime, i.e., when the inverse temperature temperature β=βn\beta=\beta_n vanishes as the size of the system nn goes to infinity. When α(1/2,2)\alpha\in(1/2,2), we show that all possible transversal fluctuations nhnn\sqrt{n} \leq h_n \leq n can be achieved by tuning properly βn\beta_n, allowing to interpolate between all super-diffusive scales. Moreover, we determine the scaling limit of the model, answering a conjecture by Dey and Zygouras [cf:DZ] - we actually identify five different regimes. On the other hand, when α<1/2\alpha<1/2, we show that there are only two regimes: the transversal fluctuations are either n\sqrt{n} or nn. As a key ingredient, we use the Entropy-controlled Last Passage Percolation (E-LPP), introduced in a companion paper [cf:BT_ELPP].

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@article{arxiv.1802.03355,
  title  = {Directed polymers in heavy-tail random environment},
  author = {Quentin Berger and Niccolo Torri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1802.03355},
  year   = {2018}
}

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41 pages, 1 figure

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