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28 March 2024
 
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Multi-level pinning problems for random walks and self-avoiding lattice paths
Pietro Caputo ; Fabio Martinelli ; Fabio Lucio Toninelli ;
Date 10 Oct 2014
AbstractWe consider a generalization of the classical pinning problem for integer-valued random walks conditioned to stay non-negative. More specifically, we take pinning potentials of the form $sum_{jgeq 0}epsilon_j N_j$, where $N_j$ is the number of visits to the state $j$ and ${epsilon_j}$ is a non-negative sequence. Partly motivated by similar problems for low-temperature contour models in statistical physics, we aim at finding a sharp characterization of the threshold of the wetting transition, especially in the regime where the variance $sigma^2$ of the single step of the random walk is small. Our main result says that, for natural choices of the pinning sequence ${epsilon_j}$, localization (respectively delocalization) occurs if $sigma^{-2}sum_{ jgeq0}(j+1)epsilon_jgeqdelta^{-1}$ (respectively $le delta$), for some universal $delta <1$. Our finding is reminiscent of the classical Bargmann-Jost-Pais criteria for the absence of bound states for the radial Schr"odinger equation. The core of the proof is a recursive argument to bound the free energy of the model. Our approach is rather robust, which allows us to obtain similar results in the case where the random walk trajectory is replaced by a self-avoiding path $gamma$ in $mathbb Z^2$ with weight $exp(-eta |gamma|)$, $|gamma|$ being the length of the path and $eta>0$ a large enough parameter. This generalization is directly relevant for applications to the above mentioned contour models.
Source arXiv, 1410.2694
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