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(Non-) Gibbsianness and phase transitions in random lattice spin models

Mathematical Physics 2007-05-23 v1 math.MP Probability

Abstract

We consider disordered lattice spin models with finite volume Gibbs measures μ\L[η](d\s)\mu_{\L}[\eta](d\s). Here \s\s denotes a lattice spin-variable and η\eta a lattice random variable with product distribution \P describing the disorder of the model. We ask: When will the joint measures lim\LZd(dη)μ\L[η](d\s)\lim_{\L\uparrow\Z^d}\P(d\eta)\mu_{\L}[\eta](d\s) be [non-] Gibbsian measures on the product of spin-space and disorder-space? We obtain general criteria for both Gibbsianness and non-Gibbsianness providing an interesting link between phase transitions at a fixed random configuration and Gibbsianness in product space: Loosely speaking, a phase transition can lead to non-Gibbsianness, (only) if it can be observed on the spin-observable conjugate to the independent disorder variables. Our main specific example is the random field Ising model in any dimension for which we show almost sure- [almost sure non-] Gibbsianness for the single- [multi-] phase region. We also discuss models with disordered couplings, including spinglasses and ferromagnets, where various mechanisms are responsible for [non-] Gibbsianness.

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@article{arxiv.math-ph/9904024,
  title  = {(Non-) Gibbsianness and phase transitions in random lattice spin models},
  author = {C. Kuelske},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math-ph/9904024},
  year   = {2007}
}

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