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Existence of random gradient states

Probability 2012-09-25 v4

Abstract

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 without disorder there are no Gibbs measures in infinite-volume in dimension d=2, while there are "gradient Gibbs measures" describing an infinite-volume distribution for the gradients of the field, as was shown by Funaki and Spohn. Van Enter and K\"{u}lske proved that adding a disorder term as in model A prohibits the existence of such gradient Gibbs measures for general interaction potentials in d=2d=2. In the present paper we prove the existence of shift-covariant gradient Gibbs measures with a given tilt uRdu\in \mathbb{R}^d for model A when d3d\geq3 and the disorder has mean zero, and for model B when d1d\geq1. When the disorder has nonzero mean in model A, there are no shift-covariant gradient Gibbs measures for d3d\ge3. We also prove similar results of existence/nonexistence of the surface tension for the two models and give the characteristic properties of the respective surface tensions.

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@article{arxiv.1012.4375,
  title  = {Existence of random gradient states},
  author = {Codina Cotar and Christof Külske},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1012.4375},
  year   = {2012}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/11-AAP808 the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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