The KPZ sheet-to-Airy-sheet conjecture

Let Z(s,x;t,y)\mathcal{Z}(s,x;t,y) denote the continuum directed random polymer partition function, and define

ht(x,y):=t1/3[logZ(t2/3x,0;t2/3y,t)+t24].\mathfrak{h}_{t}(x,y):=t^{1/3}\left[\log\mathcal{Z}(t^{2/3}x,0;t^{2/3}y,t)+\frac{t}{24}\right].

Let S(x,y)\mathcal{S}(x,y) be the parabolic Airy sheet. KPZ sheet-to-Airy-sheet conjecture. As tt\to\infty,

21/3ht(21/3x,21/3y)dS(x,y)2^{1/3}\mathfrak{h}_{t}(2^{1/3}x,2^{1/3}y)\stackrel{d}{\longrightarrow}\mathcal{S}(x,y)

in the uniform-on-compact topology, viewed as functions of (x,y)(x,y). This conjecture would upgrade the pointwise weak convergence of rescaled continuum directed random polymer paths to process-level convergence; the limiting parabolic Airy sheet is a central universal object in KPZ theory. Its resolution is not supplied in the source.

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Primary source

Sayan Das and Weitao Zhu, “Short- and long-time path tightness of the continuum directed random polymer”, arXiv:2205.05670 (2024).

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