The non-Gaussian limit and universal profile conjecture for the high-dimensional Ising model

Let d4d\geq 4, let Tr\mathbb{T}_r be the dd-dimensional torus of side length rr, and let SrS_r be the average field. For sRs\in\mathbb{R}, set β=βc+swr\beta=\beta_c+s w_r, where

wr={a4(logr)1/6r2(d=4),\adrd/2(d>4),hr={b4(logr)1/4r1(d=4),\bdrd/4(d>4),w_r=\begin{cases}a_4(\log r)^{-1/6}r^{-2}&(d=4),\a_dr^{-d/2}&(d>4),\end{cases}\qquad h_r=\begin{cases}b_4(\log r)^{1/4}r^{-1}&(d=4),\b_dr^{-d/4}&(d>4),\end{cases}

with suitably chosen constants ad,bd>0a_d,b_d>0. Let f(s)=Rx2dσsf(s)=\int_{\mathbb{R}}x^2\,\mathrm d\sigma_s, where

dσs=ex4/4+sx2/2dxRex4/4+sx2/2dx.\mathrm d\sigma_s=\frac{e^{-x^4/4+sx^2/2}\,\mathrm dx}{\int_{\mathbb{R}}e^{-x^4/4+sx^2/2}\,\mathrm dx}.

Non-gaussian limit and universal profile conjecture. As rr\to\infty, hr1Srh_r^{-1}S_r converges in distribution under βc+swrTr\langle\cdot\rangle_{\beta_c+sw_r}^{\mathbb{T}_r} to dσs\mathrm d\sigma_s, with convergence of all moments. Moreover,

\chi^{\mathbb{T}_r}(\beta_c+sw_r)\sim r^dh_r^2f(s)=b_d^2f(s)\begin{cases}(\log r)^{1/2}r^2&(d=4),\r^{d/2}&(d>4),\end{cases} limrgTr(βc+swr)=3Rx4dσs(Rx2dσs)2,\lim_{r\to\infty}g^{\mathbb{T}_r}(\beta_c+sw_r)=3-\frac{\int_{\mathbb{R}}x^4\,\mathrm d\sigma_s}{\left(\int_{\mathbb{R}}x^2\,\mathrm d\sigma_s\right)^2},

and, for xTrx\in\mathbb{T}_r,

\tau^{\mathbb{T}_r}_{\beta_c+sw_r}(0,x)-\tau_{\beta_c}(0,x)\sim h_r^2f(s)=b_d^2f(s)\begin{cases}(\log r)^{1/2}r^{-2}&(d=4),\r^{-d/2}&(d>4).\end{cases}

These predictions give a universal non-Gaussian finite-size scaling profile for the average field, susceptibility, plateau, and renormalised coupling constant. They are conjectured by universality from rigorous results for hierarchical φ4|\varphi|^4 models, but remain unproved for the nearest-neighbour Ising model.

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Yucheng Liu, Romain Panis and Gordon Slade, “The torus plateau for the high-dimensional Ising model”, arXiv:2405.17353 (2025).

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