ON THE GENERAL ONE-DIMENSIONAL XY MODEL: POSITIVE AND ZERO TEMPERATURE, SELECTION AND NON-SELECTION

Abstract

We consider (M, d) a connected and compact manifold and we denote by the Bernoulli space M^ℤ. The analogous problem on the half-line ℕ is also considered. Let be an observable. Given a temperature T, we analyze the main properties of the Gibbs state . In order to do our analysis, we consider the Ruelle operator associated to , and we get in this procedure the main eigenfunction . Later, we analyze selection problems when the temperature goes to zero: (a) existence, or not, of the limit , a question about selection of subactions, and, (b) existence, or not, of the limit , a question about selection of measures. The existence of subactions and other properties of Ergodic Optimization are also considered. The case where the potential depends just on the coordinates (x₀, x₁) is carefully analyzed. We show, in this case, and under suitable hypotheses, a Large Deviation Principle, when T → 0, graph properties, etc. Finally, we will present in detail a result due to van Enter and Ruszel, where the authors show, for a particular example of potential A, that the selection of measure in this case, does not happen.