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Generalized disconnection exponents

Probability 2023-01-12 v6 Mathematical Physics Complex Variables math.MP

Abstract

We introduce and compute the generalized disconnection exponents ηκ(β)\eta_\kappa(\beta) which depend on κ(0,4]\kappa\in(0,4] and another real parameter β\beta, extending the Brownian disconnection exponents (corresponding to κ=8/3\kappa=8/3) computed by Lawler, Schramm and Werner 2001 (conjectured by Duplantier and Kwon 1988). For κ(8/3,4]\kappa\in(8/3,4], the generalized disconnection exponents have a physical interpretation in terms of planar Brownian loop-soups with intensity c(0,1]c\in (0,1], which allows us to obtain the first prediction of the dimension of multiple points on the cluster boundaries of these loop-soups. In particular, according to our prediction, the dimension of double points on the cluster boundaries is strictly positive for c(0,1)c\in(0,1) and equal to zero for the critical intensity c=1c=1, leading to an interesting open question of whether such points exist for the critical loop-soup. Our definition of the exponents is based on a certain general version of radial restriction measures that we construct and study. As an important tool, we introduce a new family of radial SLEs depending on κ\kappa and two additional parameters μ,ν\mu, \nu, that we call radial hypergeometric SLEs. This is a natural but substantial extension of the family of radial SLEκ(ρ)s_\kappa(\rho)s.

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@article{arxiv.1901.05436,
  title  = {Generalized disconnection exponents},
  author = {Wei Qian},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.05436},
  year   = {2023}
}

Comments

44 pages, 9 figures. Contains a clarification about the terminology 'hypergeometric SLE' inappropriately used in other works. This is the version published in PTRF, apart from the extra Remark 6.5, added for the convenience of the reader

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