Conjecture on the low-temperature radius of convergence of the Mayer series

Suppose that vv satisfies the stated pair-potential and uniformity assumptions. Let RMay(β)R^\mathsf{May}(\beta) denote the radius of convergence of the Mayer series, and let ee_\infty be the ground-state energy per particle. Mayer series' radius-of-convergence conjecture.

limββ1logRMay(β)=e.\lim_{\beta \to \infty} \beta^{-1} \log R^\mathsf{May}(\beta) = e_\infty.

This conjecture proposes a physical interpretation of the low-temperature domain of convergence of the Mayer series for attractive potentials. The source states that the only unresolved part is an upper bound on the corresponding limsup.

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Sabine Jansen, “Mayer and virial series at low temperature”, arXiv:1109.6568 (2012).

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