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arxiv: 0809.0353 · v2 · submitted 2008-09-02 · 🧮 math-ph · math.CO· math.MP· math.PR

Zero-temperature Glauber dynamics on Z^d

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We study zero-temperature Glauber dynamics on \Z^d, which is a dynamic version of the Ising model of ferromagnetism. Spins are initially chosen according to a Bernoulli distribution with density p, and then the states are continuously (and randomly) updated according to the majority rule. This corresponds to the sudden quenching of a ferromagnetic system at high temperature with an external field, to one at zero temperature with no external field. Define p_c(\Z^d) to be the infimum over p such that the system fixates at '+' with probability 1. It is a folklore conjecture that p_c(\Z^d) = 1/2 for every 2 \le d \in \N. We prove that p_c(\Z^d) \to 1/2 as d \to \infty.

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