Scaling limit for a class of gradient fields with nonconvex potentials
Probability
2010-12-09 v3 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We consider gradient fields whose law takes the Gibbs--Boltzmann form , where the sum runs over nearest neighbors. We assume that the potential admits the representation where is a positive measure with compact support in . Hence, the potential is symmetric, but nonconvex in general. While for strictly convex 's, the translation-invariant, ergodic gradient Gibbs measures are completely characterized by their tilt, a nonconvex potential as above may lead to several ergodic gradient Gibbs measures with zero tilt. Still, every ergodic, zero-tilt gradient Gibbs measure for the potential above scales to a Gaussian free field.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0704.3086,
title = {Scaling limit for a class of gradient fields with nonconvex potentials},
author = {Marek Biskup and Herbert Spohn},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0704.3086},
year = {2010}
}