Localization for (1+1)-dimensional pinning models with $(\nabla + Δ)$-interaction

Details Localization for (1+1)-dimensional pinning models with $(\nabla + Δ)$-interaction Localization for (1+1)-dimensional pinning models with $(\nabla + Δ)$-interaction

2010-06-04

arxiv.org/abs/1006.0875v1

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We study the localization/delocalization phase transition in a class of directed models for a homogeneous linear chain attracted to a defect line. The self-interaction of the chain is of mixed gradient and Laplacian kind, whereas the attraction to the defect line is of $\delta$-pinning type, with strength $\epsilon \geq 0$. It is known that, when the self-interaction is purely Laplacian, such models undergo a non-trivial phase transition: to localize the chain at the defect line, the reward $\epsilon$ must be greater than a strictly positive critical threshold $\epsilon_c > 0$. On the other hand, when the self-interaction is purely gradient, it is known that the transition is trivial: an arbitrarily small reward $\epsilon > 0$ is sufficient to localize the chain at the defect line ($\epsilon_c = 0$). In this note we show that in the mixed gradient and Laplacian case, under minimal assumptions on the interaction potentials, the transition is always trivial, that is $\epsilon_c = 0$.

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