arXiv · 2306.14166
Random normal matrices: eigenvalue correlations near a hard wall
Abstract
We study pair correlation functions for planar Coulomb systems in the pushed phase, near a ring-shaped impenetrable wall. We assume coupling constant $\Gamma=2$ and that the number $n$ of particles is large. We find that the correlation functions decay slowly along the edges of the wall, in a narrow interface stretching a distance of order $1/n$ from the hard edge. At distances much larger than $1/\sqrt{n}$, the effect of the hard wall is negligible and pair correlation functions decay very quickly, and in between sits an interpolating interface that we call the ``semi-hard edge''. More precisely, we provide asymptotics for the correlation kernel $K_{n}(z,w)$ as $n\to\infty$ in two microscopic regimes (with either $|z-w| = \mathcal{O} (1/\sqrt{n})$ or $|z-w| = \mathcal{O} (1/n)$), as well as in three macroscopic regimes (with $|z-w| \asymp 1$). For some of these regimes, the asymptotics involve oscillatory theta functions and weighted Szeg\H{o} kernels.
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Yacin Ameur, Christophe Charlier, Joakim Cronvall. 2023-06-25. Random normal matrices: eigenvalue correlations near a hard wall. https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.14166
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