Imry-Ma phenomenon for the hard-core model on $\mathbb{Z}^{2}$

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Autori principali: Ventura, Irene Ayuso, Chiarini, Leandro, Helmuth, Tyler, Powell, Ellen
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Pubblicazione: 2026
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author Ventura, Irene Ayuso
Chiarini, Leandro
Helmuth, Tyler
Powell, Ellen
author_facet Ventura, Irene Ayuso
Chiarini, Leandro
Helmuth, Tyler
Powell, Ellen
contents The \emph{Imry-Ma phenomenon} refers to the dramatic effect that disorder can have on first-order phase transitions for two-dimensional spin systems. The most famous example is the absence of a phase transition for the two-dimensional random-field Ising model. This paper establishes that a similar phenomena takes place for the hard-core model, a discrete model of crystallization: arbitrarily weak disorder prevents the formation of a crystal. Our proof of this behaviour is an adaptation of the Aizenman-Wehr argument for the Imry-Ma phenomenon, with the use of internal (spin space) symmetries for spin systems being replaced by the use spatial symmetries.
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spellingShingle Imry-Ma phenomenon for the hard-core model on $\mathbb{Z}^{2}$
Ventura, Irene Ayuso
Chiarini, Leandro
Helmuth, Tyler
Powell, Ellen
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82B44 (Primary), 82B20, 60K35 (Secondary)
The \emph{Imry-Ma phenomenon} refers to the dramatic effect that disorder can have on first-order phase transitions for two-dimensional spin systems. The most famous example is the absence of a phase transition for the two-dimensional random-field Ising model. This paper establishes that a similar phenomena takes place for the hard-core model, a discrete model of crystallization: arbitrarily weak disorder prevents the formation of a crystal. Our proof of this behaviour is an adaptation of the Aizenman-Wehr argument for the Imry-Ma phenomenon, with the use of internal (spin space) symmetries for spin systems being replaced by the use spatial symmetries.
title Imry-Ma phenomenon for the hard-core model on $\mathbb{Z}^{2}$
topic Probability
82B44 (Primary), 82B20, 60K35 (Secondary)
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.05798