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Liquid-Gas phase transition for Gibbs point process with Quermass interaction

Probability 2025-11-25 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We prove the existence of a liquid-gas phase transition for continuous Gibbs point process in Rd\mathbb{R}^d with Quermass interaction. The Hamiltonian we consider is a linear combination of the volume V\mathcal{V}, the surface measure S\mathcal{S} and the Euler-Poincar\'e characteristic χ\chi of a halo of particles (i.e. an union of balls centred at the positions of particles). We show the non-uniqueness of infinite volume Gibbs measures for special values of activity and temperature, provided that the temperature is low enough. Moreover we show the non-differentiability of the pressure at these critical points. Our main tool is an adaptation of the Pirogov-Sina\"i-Zahradnik theory for continuous systems with interaction exhibiting a saturation property.

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@article{arxiv.2309.08338,
  title  = {Liquid-Gas phase transition for Gibbs point process with Quermass interaction},
  author = {David Dereudre and Christopher Renaud-Chan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.08338},
  year   = {2025}
}

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34 pages, 1 figure

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