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Benoist, Stéphane; Hongler, Clément

The scaling limit of critical Ising interfaces is \(\mathrm{CLE}_3\). (English) Zbl 1467.60061

Ann. Probab. 47, No. 4, 2049-2086 (2019).
Summary: In this paper, we consider the set of interfaces between \(+\) and \(-\) spins arising for the critical planar Ising model on a domain with \(+\) boundary conditions, and show that it converges to nested \(\mathrm{CLE}_3\).
Our proof relies on the study of the coupling between the Ising model and its random cluster (FK) representation, and of the interactions between FK and Ising interfaces. The main idea is to construct an exploration process starting from the boundary of the domain, to discover the Ising loops and to establish its convergence to a conformally invariant limit. The challenge is that Ising loops do not touch the boundary; we use the fact that FK loops touch the boundary (and hence can be explored from the boundary) and that Ising loops in turn touch FK loops, to construct a recursive exploration process that visits all the macroscopic loops.
A key ingredient in the proof is the convergence of Ising free arcs to the Free Arc Ensemble (FAE), established in [S. Benoist et al., Ann. Inst. Henri Poincaré, Probab. Stat. 52, No. 4, 1784–1798 (2016; Zbl 1355.60119)]. Qualitative estimates about the Ising interfaces then allow one to identify the scaling limit of Ising loops as a conformally invariant collection of simple, disjoint \(\mathrm{SLE}_3\)-like loops, and thus by the Markovian characterization of [S. Sheffield and W. Werner, Ann. Math. (2) 176, No. 3, 1827–1917 (2012; Zbl 1271.60090)] as a \(\mathrm{CLE}_3\).
A technical point of independent interest contained in this paper is an investigation of double points of interfaces in the scaling limit of critical FK-Ising. It relies on the technology of A. Kemppainen and S. Smirnov [Ann. Probab. 45, No. 2, 698–779 (2017; Zbl 1393.60016)].

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MSC:

60J67 Stochastic (Schramm-)Loewner evolution (SLE)
82B20 Lattice systems (Ising, dimer, Potts, etc.) and systems on graphs arising in equilibrium statistical mechanics
82B27 Critical phenomena in equilibrium statistical mechanics
60K35 Interacting random processes; statistical mechanics type models; percolation theory

Keywords:

Ising model; phase transition; free boundary conditions; Fortuin-Kasteleyn random-cluster model; criticality; duality; scaling limits; conformal invariance; random curves; Schramm-Loewner evolution; conformal loop ensembles

Citations:

Zbl 1355.60119; Zbl 1271.60090; Zbl 1393.60016
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