Mathematics – Probability
Scientific paper
2010-05-02
Mathematics
Probability
Key words and phrases: Stochastic spin-flip dynamics, Gibbs-non-Gibbs transition, empirical measure, non-linear generator, Nis
Scientific paper
We develop a space-time large-deviation point of view on Gibbs-non-Gibbs transitions in spin systems subject to a stochastic spin-flip dynamics. Using the general theory for large deviations of functionals of Markov processes outlined in Feng and Kurtz [11], we show that the trajectory under the spin-flip dynamics of the empirical measure of the spins in a large block in Z^d satisfies a large deviation principle in the limit as the block size tends to infinity. The associated rate function can be computed as the action functional of a Lagrangian that is the Legendre transform of a certain non-linear generator, playing a role analogous to the moment-generating function in the Gartner-Ellis theorem of large deviation theory when this is applied to finite-dimensional Markov processes. This rate function is used to define the notion of "bad empirical measures", which are the discontinuity points of the optimal trajectories (i.e., the trajectories minimizing the rate function) given the empirical measure at the end of the trajectory. The dynamical Gibbs-non-Gibbs transitions are linked to the occurrence of bad empirical measures: for short times no bad empirical measures occur, while for intermediate and large times bad empirical mea- sures are possible. A future research program is proposed to classify the various possible scenarios behind this crossover, which we refer to as a "nature-versus-nurture" transition.
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Fernández Roberto
Hollander Frank den
Redig Frank
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