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

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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 e∞e_\infty be the ground-state energy per particle. Mayer series' radius-of-convergence conjecture.

lim⁡β→∞β−1log⁡RMay(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.

References

Primary source

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

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