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Scaling limit of domino tilings on a pentagonal domain

Mathematical Physics 2024-12-03 v3 Statistical Mechanics math.MP Probability

Abstract

We consider the six-vertex model at its free-fermion point with domain wall boundary conditions, which is equivalent to random domino tilings of the Aztec diamond. We compute the scaling limit of a particular non-local correlation function, essentially equivalent to the partition function for the domino tilings of a pentagon-shaped domain, obtained by cutting away a triangular region from a corner of the initial Aztec diamond. We observe a third-order phase transition when the geometric parameters of the obtained pentagonal domain are tuned to have the fifth side exactly tangent to the arctic ellipse of the corresponding initial model.

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@article{arxiv.2407.07849,
  title  = {Scaling limit of domino tilings on a pentagonal domain},
  author = {Filippo Colomo and Andrei G. Pronko},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.07849},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

16 pages, 6 figures; v3: fig. 6 added