Critical-point threshold conjecture for Gibbs-measure uniqueness

Let dd be the dimension, let pcp_c be the critical point, and let μˉpc,q1{\bar{\mu}}_{p_c,q}^1 and μˉpc,q0{\bar{\mu}}_{p_c,q}^0 denote the Gibbs measures obtained with the two boundary conditions indexed by 11 and 00, respectively. Let qq be the model parameter.

Critical-point threshold conjecture. There is a q0=q0(d)q_0=q_0(d) such that for q>q0q>q_0 there is non-uniqueness of Gibbs measures

μˉpc,q1μˉpc,q0{\bar{\mu}}_{p_c,q}^1\neq {\bar{\mu}}_{p_c,q}^0

at the critical point, while for q<q0q<q_0 the Gibbs measures agree, namely

μˉpc,q1=μˉpc,q0.{\bar{\mu}}_{p_c,q}^1={\bar{\mu}}_{p_c,q}^0.

This conjecture predicts a dimension-dependent threshold separating discontinuous and continuous phase transitions at the critical point. The source notes that the analogous general picture is known for the random cluster model in dimension two, but does not establish it for the random conductance model or state a resolution.

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Primary source

Simon Buchholz, “Phase transitions for a class of gradient fields”, arXiv:1909.03021 (2019).

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