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log-Coulomb gas with norm-density in $p$-fields

Mathematical Physics 2021-08-24 v3 Combinatorics math.MP Number Theory Probability

Abstract

The main result of this paper is a formula for the integral KNρ(x)(maxi<jxixj)a(mini<jxixj)bi<jxixjsijdx,\int_{K^N}\rho(x)\big(\max_{i<j}|x_i-x_j|\big)^a\big(\min_{i<j}|x_i-x_j|\big)^b\prod_{i<j}|x_i-x_j|^{s_{ij}}|dx|, where KK is a pp-field (i.e., a nonarchimedean local field) with canonical absolute value |\cdot|, N2N\geq 2, a,bCa,b\in\mathbb{C}, the function ρ:KNC\rho:K^N\to\mathbb{C} has mild growth and decay conditions and factors through the norm x=maxixi\|x\|=\max_i|x_i|, and dx|dx| is the usual Haar measure on KNK^N. The formula is a finite sum of functions described explicitly by combinatorial data, and the largest open domain of complex tuples (sij)i<j(s_{ij})_{i<j} on which the integral converges absolutely is given explicitly in terms of these data and the parameters aa, bb, NN, and KK. We then specialize the formula to sij=qiqjβs_{ij}=\mathfrak{q}_i\mathfrak{q}_j\beta, where q1,q2,,qN>0\mathfrak{q}_1,\mathfrak{q}_2,\dots,\mathfrak{q}_N>0 represent the charges of an NN-particle log-Coulomb gas in KK with background density ρ\rho and inverse temperature β\beta. From this specialization we obtain a mixed-charge pp-field analogue of Mehta's integral formula, as well as formulas and low-temperature limits for the joint moments of maxi<jxixj\max_{i<j}|x_i-x_j| (the diameter of the gas) and mini<jxixj\min_{i<j}|x_i-x_j| (the minimum distance between its particles).

Cite

@article{arxiv.2001.03892,
  title  = {log-Coulomb gas with norm-density in $p$-fields},
  author = {Joe Webster},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.03892},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

40 pages, 3 figures

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