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Small Brownian Loops Hitting SLE$_2$: An Exact Natural-Content Limit

Probability 2026-07-29 v1

Abstract

Let DD be a bounded analytic Jordan domain and let γ\gamma be chordal SLE2\mathrm{SLE}_2 in DD, equipped with its 5/45/4-dimensional natural-content measure μγ\mu_\gamma. We retain the root in the standard integrated Brownian-bridge representation of Brownian loop measure and let Mεγ\mathcal M_\varepsilon^\gamma be the root-intensity measure of loops with duration in [ε2,t0][\varepsilon^2,t_0] whose traces hit γ\gamma. For every fCc(D)f\in C_c(D), we prove that ε5/4Mεγ(f)\varepsilon^{5/4}\mathcal M_\varepsilon^\gamma(f) converges in L1L^1 to 45πvˉBBμγ(f)\frac{4}{5\pi}\bar v_{\mathrm{BB}}\mu_\gamma(f), where vˉBB(0,)\bar v_{\mathrm{BB}}\in(0,\infty) is the mean specific area swept out by the Brownian-bridge offset of a natural-time two-sided whole-plane SLE2\mathrm{SLE}_2. In particular, the positive random measures converge vaguely in probability. The proof uses a duration-octave identity, a deterministic finite-RR reference coefficient obtained from a stopped two-arm Markov skeleton, a marked physical Palm tangent, an annular remote-return estimate, and a legal mesoscopic diagonal. As an application, the uniformly time-marked roots of an independent Brownian loop soup satisfy the corresponding vague law of large numbers. The analytic-boundary hypothesis enters only through a global finite-domain uniform-integrability estimate; its analogue for an arbitrary bounded Jordan domain remains open.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.26439,
  title  = {Small Brownian Loops Hitting SLE$_2$: An Exact Natural-Content Limit},
  author = {Zhengwen Qiao},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.26439},
  year   = {2026}
}