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We consider the Gibbs-measures of continuous-valued height configurations on the $d$-dimensional integer lattice in the presence a weakly disordered potential. The potential is composed of Gaussians having random location and random depth;…
We consider two versions of random gradient models. In model A the interface feels a bulk term of random fields while in model B the disorder enters through the potential acting on the gradients. It is well known that for gradient models…
We consider statistical mechanics models of continuous spins in a disordered environment. These models have a natural interpretation as effective interface models. It is well known that without disorder there are no interface Gibbs measures…
We study the solid-on-solid interface model above a horizontal wall in three dimensional space, with an attractive interaction when the interface is in contact with the wall, at low temperatures. There is no bulk external field. The system…
We study a family of integer-valued random interface models on the two-dimensional square lattice that include the solid-on-solid model and more generally $p$-SOS models for $0<p\le2$, and prove that at sufficiently high temperature the…
We consider the two-dimensional Ising model with long-range pair interactions of the form $J_{xy}\sim|x-y|^{-\alpha}$ with $\alpha>2$, mostly when $J_{xy} \geq 0$. We show that Dobrushin states (i.e. extremal non-translation-invariant Gibbs…
The solid-on-solid (SOS) model of an interface separating two phases is exactly soluble in two dimensions (d=2) when the interface becomes a one-dimensional string. The exact solution in terms of the transfer matrix is recalled and the…
The $(2+1)$D Solid-On-Solid (SOS) model famously exhibits a roughening transition: on an $N\times N$ torus with the height at the origin rooted at $0$, the variance of $h(x)$, the height at $x$, is $O(1)$ at large inverse-temperature…
We investigate the localization transition for a simple model of interface which interacts with an inhomonegeous defect plane. The interface is modeled by the graph of a function $\phi: \mathbb Z^2 \to \mathbb Z$,and the disorder is given…
We obtain sharp asymptotics for the probability that the (2+1)-dimensional discrete SOS interface at low temperature is positive in a large region. For a square region $\Lambda$, both under the infinite volume measure and under the measure…
The infinite-volume limit behavior of the 2d Ising model under possibly strong random boundary conditions is studied. The model exhibits chaotic size-dependence at low temperatures and we prove that the `+' and `-' phases are the only…
It is commonly accepted that there are no phase transitions in one-dimensional (1D) systems at a finite temperature, because long-range correlations are destroyed by thermal fluctuations. Here we demonstrate that the 1D gas of short-range…
We consider $\mathbb Z$-valued $p$-SOS-models with nearest neighbor interactions of the form $|\omega_v-\omega_w|^p$, and finite-spin ferromagnetic models on regular trees. This includes the classical SOS-model, the discrete Gaussian model…
The solid-on solid (SOS) model in two dimensions ($d=2$) is now solved under the constraint of constant energy and then under the new constraint of constant total area. From the combinatorial factors $g(E;L,M)$, the new ensemble is…
We consider random gradient fields with disorder where the interaction potential $V_e$ on an edge $e$ can be expressed as $e^{-V_e(s)} = \int \rho(\mathrm{d}\kappa)\, e^{-\kappa \xi_e} e^{-\frac{\kappa s^2}{2}}$. Here $\rho$ denotes a…
In this paper, we consider a three-state solid-on-solid (SOS) model with two competing interactions (nearest-neighbour, one-level next-nearest-neighbour) on the Cayley tree of order two. We show that at some values of parameters the model…
We consider the SOS (solid-on-solid) model, with spin values $0,1,2$, on the Cayley tree of order two (binary tree). We treat both ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic coupling, with interactions which are proportional to the absolute value…
The spherical limit of strongly commensurate dirty-bosons is studied perturbatively at weak disorder and numerically at strong disorder in two dimensions (2D). We argue that disorder is not perfectly screened by interactions, and…
The diffuse-interface model (DIM) is a widely used tool for modeling fluid phenomena involving interfaces -- such as, for example, sessile drops (liquid drops on a solid substrate, surrounded by saturated vapor) and liquid ridges…
A rigorous theorem due to Aizenman and Wehr asserts that there can be no latent heat heat in a two-dimensional system with quenched random impurities. We examine this result, and its possible extensions to higher dimensions, in the context…