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Free energy of directed polymers in random environment in $1+1$-dimension at high temperature

Probability 2016-11-16 v1

Abstract

We consider the free energy F(β)F(\beta) of the directed polymers in random environment in 1+11+1-dimension. It is known that F(β)F(\beta) is of order β4-\beta^4 as β0\beta\to 0. In this paper, we will prove that under a certain condition of the potential, \begin{align*} \lim_{\beta\to 0}\frac{F(\beta)}{\beta^4}=\lim_{T\to\infty}\frac{1}{T}P_{\mathcal{Z}}\left[\log \mathcal{Z}_{\sqrt{2}}(T)\right] =-\frac{1}{6}, \end{align*} where {Zβ(t,x):t0,xR}\{\mathcal{Z}_\beta(t,x):t\geq 0,x\in\mathbb{R}\} is the unique mild solution to the stochastic heat equation \begin{align*} \frac{\partial}{\partial t}\mathcal{Z}=\frac{1}{2}\Delta \mathcal{Z}+\beta \mathcal{Z}{\dot{\mathcal W}},\ \ \lim_{t\to 0}\mathcal{Z}(t,x)dx=\delta_{0}(dx), \end{align*} where W\mathcal{W} is a time-space white noise and \begin{align*} \mathcal{Z}_\beta(t)=\int_\mathbb{R}\mathcal{Z}_\beta(t,x)dx. \end{align*}

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@article{arxiv.1611.04720,
  title  = {Free energy of directed polymers in random environment in $1+1$-dimension at high temperature},
  author = {Makoto Nakashima},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.04720},
  year   = {2016}
}