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The shape of the $(2+1)$D SOS surface above a wall

Probability 2012-10-29 v1 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We give a full description for the shape of the classical (2+1)\Dim Solid-On-Solid model above a wall, introduced by Temperley (1952). On an L×LL\times L box at a large inverse-temperature β\beta the height of most sites concentrates on a single level h=(1/4β)logLh = \lfloor (1/4\beta)\log L\rfloor for most values of LL. For a sequence of diverging boxes the ensemble of level lines of heights (h,h1,...)(h,h-1,...) has a scaling limit in Hausdorff distance iff the fractional parts of (1/4β)logL(1/4\beta)\log L converge to a noncritical value. The scaling limit is explicitly given by nested distinct loops formed via translates of Wulff shapes. Finally, the hh-level lines feature L1/3+o(1)L^{1/3+o(1)} fluctuations from the side boundaries.

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@article{arxiv.1207.3580,
  title  = {The shape of the $(2+1)$D SOS surface above a wall},
  author = {Pietro Caputo and Eyal Lubetzky and Fabio Martinelli and Allan Sly and Fabio Lucio Toninelli},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1207.3580},
  year   = {2012}
}

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