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Mixing times of spin systems on dynamical percolation

Probability 2026-07-02 v1 Discrete Mathematics Mathematical Physics

Abstract

We study the mixing times of stochastic spin systems corresponding to nearest-neighbour Glauber dynamics on dynamical percolation, defined on dd-dimensional torus of side-length NN. In this model, the status of each edge (open or closed) updates independently at rate λ>0\lambda>0, according to Ber(p)\mathrm{Ber}(p) samples. Simultaneously, the spin of each site updates at rate 11 according to Glauber dynamics on the environment restricted to open edges. We show that for a relatively general class of nearest-neighbour systems, as long as p<pc(d)p<p_c(d), for any temperature, if λ\lambda is sufficiently small, the mixing time is of order logNλ\frac{\log N}{\lambda}. This Markov chain is non-reversible, and the proof is obtained by developing a particular coupling that couples together local configurations whenever the environment behaves well.

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@article{arxiv.2607.02477,
  title  = {Mixing times of spin systems on dynamical percolation},
  author = {Alexandre Stauffer and Oskar Vavtar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.02477},
  year   = {2026}
}