We consider ferromagnetic long-range Ising models which display phase transitions. They are one-dimensional Ising ferromagnets, in which the interaction is given by Jx,y = J(|x − y|) ≡ 1 |x−y| 2−α with α ∈ [0, 1), in particular, J(1) = 1. For this class of models one way in which one can prove the phase transition is via a kind of Peierls contour argument, using the adaptation of the Fröhlich-Spencer contours for α = 0, proposed by Cassandro, Ferrari, Merola and Presutti. As proved by Fröhlich and Spencer for α = 0 and conjectured by Cassandro et al for the region they could treat, α ∈ (0, α+) for α+ = log(3)/ log(2)−1, although in the literature dealing with contour methods for these models it is generally assumed that J(1) ≫ 1, we will show that this condition can be removed in the contour analysis. In addition, combining our theorem with a recent result of Littin and Picco we prove the persistence of the contour proof of the phase transition for any α ∈ [0, 1). Moreover, we show that when we add a magnetic field decaying to zero, given by hx = h * ·(1+|x|) −γ and γ > max{1 − α, 1 − α * } where α * ≈ 0.2714, the transition still persists.
We study the properties of Gibbs measures for functions with d-summable variation defined on a subshift X. Based on Meyerovitch's work [Mey13], we prove that if X is a subshift of finite type (SFT), then any equilibrium measure is also a Gibbs measure. Although the definition provided by Meyerovitch does not make any mention to conditional expectations, we show that in the case where X is a SFT it is possible to characterize these measures in terms of more familiar notions presented in the literature (e.g. [Cap76],[Geo11],[Rue04]).
In this note we study metastability phenomena for a class of long-range Ising models in one-dimension. We prove that, under suitable general conditions, the configuration −1 is the only metastable state and we estimate the mean exit time. Moreover, we illustrate the theory with two examples (exponentially and polynomially decaying interaction) and we show that the critical droplet can be macroscopic or mesoscopic, according to the value of the external magnetic field.
We consider one-dimensional long-range spin models (usually called Dyson models), consisting of Ising ferromagnets with a slowly decaying long-range pair potentials of the form 1 |i−j| α , mainly focusing on the range of slow decays 1 < α ≤ 2. We describe two recent results, one about renormalization and one about the effect of external fields at low temperature. The first result states that a decimated long-range Gibbs measure in one dimension becomes non-Gibbsian, in the same vein as comparable results in higher dimensions for short-range models. The second result addresses the behaviour of such models under inhomogeneous fields, in particular external fields which decay to zero polynomially as 1 (|i|+1) γ . We study how the critical decay power of the field, γ, for which the phase transition persists and the decay power α of the Dyson model compare, extending recent results for short-range models on lattices and on trees. We also briefly point out some analogies between these results.
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