A central limit theorem for two-dimensional directed polymers with critical spatial correlation

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Autores principales: Cosco, Clément, Cottini, Francesca, Donadini, Anna
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Publicado: 2025
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author Cosco, Clément
Cottini, Francesca
Donadini, Anna
author_facet Cosco, Clément
Cottini, Francesca
Donadini, Anna
contents On the 1+2 dimensional lattice, we consider a directed polymer in a random Gaussian environment that is independent in time and correlated in space. The spatial correlation is supposed to decay as $(\log |x|)^a /|x|^{2}$, $a>-1$, where the square in the polynomial is known to be critical (Lacoin, Ann. Prob. (2011)). We introduce an intermediate regime of temperature $β_N \propto \hat β/(\log N)^{\frac{a+2}{2}}$, under which the log-partition function $\log W_N^{β_N}$ converges in distribution towards a Gaussian random variable if $\hat β\in (0,\hat β_c)$, whereas $W_N^{β_N}$ vanishes for $\hat β\geq \hat β_c$. The variance of the limiting Gaussian distribution, which is given by an inverse Bessel function, is determined by an induction scheme whose multi-scale dependence reflects the critical nature of the correlation. The Gaussianity of the limit follows from a decoupling argument of Cosco, Donadini (2024+).
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spellingShingle A central limit theorem for two-dimensional directed polymers with critical spatial correlation
Cosco, Clément
Cottini, Francesca
Donadini, Anna
Probability
Primary: 82D60, Secondary: 82B44, 60F05
On the 1+2 dimensional lattice, we consider a directed polymer in a random Gaussian environment that is independent in time and correlated in space. The spatial correlation is supposed to decay as $(\log |x|)^a /|x|^{2}$, $a>-1$, where the square in the polynomial is known to be critical (Lacoin, Ann. Prob. (2011)). We introduce an intermediate regime of temperature $β_N \propto \hat β/(\log N)^{\frac{a+2}{2}}$, under which the log-partition function $\log W_N^{β_N}$ converges in distribution towards a Gaussian random variable if $\hat β\in (0,\hat β_c)$, whereas $W_N^{β_N}$ vanishes for $\hat β\geq \hat β_c$. The variance of the limiting Gaussian distribution, which is given by an inverse Bessel function, is determined by an induction scheme whose multi-scale dependence reflects the critical nature of the correlation. The Gaussianity of the limit follows from a decoupling argument of Cosco, Donadini (2024+).
title A central limit theorem for two-dimensional directed polymers with critical spatial correlation
topic Probability
Primary: 82D60, Secondary: 82B44, 60F05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.16694