Abstract
We consider a ferromagnetic Ising system with impurities where interaction is given by a Kac potential of positive scaling parameter γ. The random position of the magnetic atoms is described by a quenched variable y. In the Lebowitz Penrose limit, as γ goes to 0, we prove that the quenched Gibbs measure obeys a large deviation principle with rate function depending on y. We then show that for almost all y the magnetization is locally approximately constant. However, interfaces occur and magnetization change for almost all y at a distance of the order of exp(Φ/γ), where Φ is a constant given by a variational formula.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 559-590 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Annales de l'institut Henri Poincare (B) Probability and Statistics |
| Volume | 33 |
| Issue number | 5 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 1997 |
Keywords
- Gibbs fields
- Interface
- Metastability
- Random interactions