Percolation for two-dimensional excursion clouds and the discrete Gaussian free field

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Main Authors: Drewitz, Alexander, Elias, Olof, Prévost, Alexis, Tykesson, Johan, Viklund, Fredrik
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author Drewitz, Alexander
Elias, Olof
Prévost, Alexis
Tykesson, Johan
Viklund, Fredrik
author_facet Drewitz, Alexander
Elias, Olof
Prévost, Alexis
Tykesson, Johan
Viklund, Fredrik
contents We study percolative properties of excursion processes and the discrete Gaussian free field (dGFF) in the planar unit disk. We consider discrete excursion clouds, defined using random walks as a two-dimensional version of random interlacements, as well as its scaling limit, defined using Brownian motion. We prove that the critical parameters associated to vacant set percolation for the two models are the same and equal to $π/3.$ The value is obtained from a Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) computation. Via an isomorphism theorem, we use a generalization of the discrete result that also involves a loop soup (and an SLE computation) to show that the critical parameter associated to level set percolation for the dGFF is strictly positive and smaller than $\sqrt{π/2}.$ In particular this entails a strict inequality of the type $h_*<\sqrt{2u_*}$ between the critical percolation parameters of the dGFF and the two-dimensional excursion cloud. Similar strict inequalities are conjectured to hold in a general transient setup.
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spellingShingle Percolation for two-dimensional excursion clouds and the discrete Gaussian free field
Drewitz, Alexander
Elias, Olof
Prévost, Alexis
Tykesson, Johan
Viklund, Fredrik
Probability
Mathematical Physics
60K35, 60J65, 60G15, 60G60, 60J67, 82B43
We study percolative properties of excursion processes and the discrete Gaussian free field (dGFF) in the planar unit disk. We consider discrete excursion clouds, defined using random walks as a two-dimensional version of random interlacements, as well as its scaling limit, defined using Brownian motion. We prove that the critical parameters associated to vacant set percolation for the two models are the same and equal to $π/3.$ The value is obtained from a Schramm-Loewner evolution (SLE) computation. Via an isomorphism theorem, we use a generalization of the discrete result that also involves a loop soup (and an SLE computation) to show that the critical parameter associated to level set percolation for the dGFF is strictly positive and smaller than $\sqrt{π/2}.$ In particular this entails a strict inequality of the type $h_*<\sqrt{2u_*}$ between the critical percolation parameters of the dGFF and the two-dimensional excursion cloud. Similar strict inequalities are conjectured to hold in a general transient setup.
title Percolation for two-dimensional excursion clouds and the discrete Gaussian free field
topic Probability
Mathematical Physics
60K35, 60J65, 60G15, 60G60, 60J67, 82B43
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.15289