Hydrodynamic limit for the Ginzburg–Landau ∇ϕ interface model with non-convex potential

The hydrodynamic limit of the Ginzburg–Landau $??$ interface model was derived in Funaki and Spohn (1997) and Nishikawa (2003) for strictly convex potentials. This paper deals with non-convex potentials under suitable assumptions on the free energy and identification of the extremal Gibbs measures which have been recently established at sufficiently high temperature in Cotar and Deuschel (2012). Because of the non-convexity, many difficulties arise, especially, on the identification of equilibrium states. We show the equivalence between the stationarity and the Gibbs property under quite general settings, and we complete the identification of equilibrium states. We also establish some uniform estimates for variances of extremal Gibbs measures.     

A-priori estimates and existence of Gibbs measures: a simplified proof

We prove existence and uniform a-priori estimates for Gibbs states of certain classical lattice systems with unbounded spins and n-particle interactions. We use a characterization of Gibbs measures in terms of their Radon-Nikodym derivatives w.r.t. local shifts of the configuration space and the corresponding integration by parts formula. Detailed proofs are contained in [3].     

Periodic Gibbs states

Periodic Gibbs states for quantum lattice systems are investigated. We formulate the definition of the periodic Gibbs states and the measures associated with them. Theorems of existence are proved for these states. We also prove the existence of the critical temperature for the system of anharmonic quantum oscillators with pairwise interaction.Translated from Ukrainskii Matematicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 451–458, April, 1993.     

Geometric Gibbs theory

We extend the classical Gibbs theory for smooth potentials to the geometric Gibbs theory for certain continuous potentials. We study the existence and uniqueness and the compatibility of geometric Gibbs measures associated with these continuous potentials. We introduce a complex Banach manifold structure on the space of these continuous potentials as well as on the space of all geometric Gibbs measures. We prove that with this complex Banach manifold structure, the space is complete and, moreover, is the completion of the space of all smooth potentials as well as the space of all classical Gibbs measures. There is a maximum metric on the space, which is incomplete. We prove that the topology induced by the newly introduced complex Banach manifold structure and the topology induced by the maximal metric are the same. We prove that a geometric Gibbs measure is an equilibrium state, and the infimum of the metric entropy function on the space is zero.

     

Geometric Gibbs theory In Memory of Professor Shantao Liao

We extend the classical Gibbs theory for smooth potentials to the geometric Gibbs theory for certain continuous potentials. We study the existence and uniqueness and the compatibility of geometric Gibbs measures associated with these continuous potentials. We introduce a complex Banach manifold structure on the space of these continuous potentials as well as on the space of all geometric Gibbs measures. We prove that with this complex Banach manifold structure, the space is complete and, moreover, is the completion of the space of all smooth potentials as well as the space of all classical Gibbs measures. There is a maximum metric on the space,which is incomplete. We prove that the topology induced by the newly introduced complex Banach manifold structure and the topology induced by the maximal metric are the same. We prove that a geometric Gibbs measure is an equilibrium state, and the infimum of the metric entropy function on the space is zero.     

Uniqueness of quantum Markov chains associated with an XY-model on a cayley tree of order 2

We propose the construction of a quantum Markov chain that corresponds to a “forward” quantum Markov chain. In the given construction, the quantum Markov chain is defined as the limit of finite-dimensional states depending on the boundary conditions. A similar construction is widely used in the definition of Gibbs states in classical statistical mechanics. Using this construction, we study the quantum Markov chain associated with an XY-model on a Cayley tree. For this model, within the framework of the given construction, we prove the uniqueness of the quantum Markov chain, i.e., we show that the state is independent of the boundary conditions.     

A new criterion for the logarithmic Sobolev inequality and two applications

We give a criterion for the logarithmic Sobolev inequality (LSI) on the product space X₁×?×XN. We have in mind an N-site lattice, unbounded continuous spin variables, and Glauber dynamics. The interactions are described by the Hamiltonian H of the Gibbs measure. The criterion for LSI is formulated in terms of the LSI constants of the single-site conditional measures and the size of the off-diagonal entries of the Hessian of H. It is optimal for Gaussians with positive covariance matrix. To illustrate, we give two applications: one with weak interactions and one with strong interactions and a decay of correlations condition.     

Canonical and microcanonical Gibbs states

Summary The grand canonical Gibbs states for a system from classical statistical mechanics can be defined as the probability measures on an appropriate phase space which have certain specified conditional probabilities. These conditional probabilities are with respect to a family of -algebras associated with subsets of the space in which the system lies. If different families of -algebras are used then canonical and microcanonical Gibbs states are obtained. The relationship between these different Gibbs states is studied and, subject to various conditions, it is shown that each canonical and microcanonical Gibbs state can be written as a convex mixture of grand canonical Gibbs states.     

Gibbs measures on Brownian currents

Motivated by applications to quantum field theory, we consider Gibbs measures for which the reference measure is Wiener measure and the interaction is given by a double stochastic integral and a pinning external potential. In order to properly characterize these measures through Dobrushin‐Lanford‐Ruelle (DLR) equations, we are led to lifting Wiener measure and other objects to a space of configurations where the basic observables are not only the position of the particle at all times but also the work done by test vector fields. We prove existence and basic properties of such Gibbs measures in the weak coupling regime by means of cluster expansion. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.     

Existence,uniqueness and stability of equilibrium states for non-uniformly expanding maps

We prove existence of finitely many ergodic equilibrium states for a large class of non-uniformly expanding local homeomorphisms on compact metric spaces and Hölder continuous potentials with not very large oscillation. No Markov structure is assumed. If the transformation is topologically mixing there is a unique equilibrium state, it is exact and satisfies a non-uniform Gibbs property. Under mild additional assumptions we also prove that the equilibrium states vary continuously with the dynamics and the potentials (statistical stability) and are also stable under stochastic perturbations of the transformation.     

Weakly periodic Gibbs measures and ground states for the Potts model with competing interactions on the Cayley tree

For the Potts model with competing interactions, we describe the set of weakly periodic ground states corresponding to index-two normal divisors of the Cayley tree group representation. We also study some weakly periodic Gibbs measures.     

Ray Hölder-continuity for fractional Sobolev spaces in infinite dimensions and applications

We prove H?lder-continuity on rays in the direction of vectors in the (generalized) Cameron-Martin space for functions in Sobolev spaces in L ^p of fractional order α∈ (, 1) over infinite dimensional linear spaces. The underlying measures are required to satisfy some easy standard structural assumptions only. Apart from Wiener measure they include Gibbs measures on a lattice and Euclidean interacting quantum fields in infinite volume. A number of applications, e.g., to the two-dimensional polymer measure, are presented. In particular, irreducibility of the Dirichlet form associated with the latter measure is proved without restrictions on the coupling constant. Received: 9 November 1998 / Published online: 30 March 2000     

The log-Sobolev inequality for weakly coupled lattice fields

We consider a ferromagnetic spin system with unbounded interactions on the d-dimensional integer lattice (d > 1). Under mild assumptions on the one-body interactions (so that arbitrarily deep double wells are allowed), we prove that if the coupling constants are small enough, then the finite volume Gibbs states satisfy the log-Sobolev inequality uniformly in the volume and the boundary condition. Received: 11 November 1997 / Revised version: 17 July 1998     

Fixed points of Lyapunov integral operators and Gibbs measures

In this paper we shall consider the connections between Lyapunov integral operators and Gibbs measures for models with four competing interactions and uncountable (i.e. [0, 1]) set of spin values on a Cayley tree. We prove the existence of fixed points of Lyapunov integral operators and give a condition of uniqueness of a fixed point.