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Large deviations for the log-Gamma polymer

Mathematical Physics 2024-10-25 v1 Classical Analysis and ODEs math.MP Probability

Abstract

We conjecture an explicit expression for the lower tail large deviation rate function of the partition function of the log-Gamma polymer. We rigorously prove our result, except for one step for which we only provide heuristic evidence. We show that the large deviation rate function matches with that of last passage percolation with exponential weights in the zero-temperature limit, and with the lower tail of the Tracy-Widom distribution for moderate deviations.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2410.18818,
  title  = {Large deviations for the log-Gamma polymer},
  author = {Tom Claeys and Julian Mauersberger},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2410.18818},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

40 pages, 7 figures

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