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Slab percolation for the Ising model revisited

Probability 2024-04-29 v2

Abstract

In this note, we give a new and short proof for a theorem of Bodineau stating that the slab percolation threshold p^c\hat{p}_c for the FK-Ising model coincides with the standard percolation critical point pcp_c in all dimensions d3d\geq3. Both proofs rely on the positivity of the surface tension for p>pcp>p_c proved by Lebowitz & Pfister. The key difference is that while Bodineau's proof is based on a delicate dynamic renormalization inspired by the work of Barsky, Grimmett & Newman, our proof utilizes a technique of Benjamini & Tassion to prove the uniqueness of macroscopic clusters via sprinkling, which then implies percolation on slabs through a rather straightforward static renormalization.

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@article{arxiv.2312.06831,
  title  = {Slab percolation for the Ising model revisited},
  author = {Franco Severo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2312.06831},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

10 pages, 1 figure. Version accepted for publication in ECP

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