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Michael Hofstetter

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Mass gap for the hierarchical sinh-Gordon model

The (massless) sinh-Gordon model is defined in terms of a continuum massless Gaussian free field perturbed by a cosh interaction. For the hierarchical version of the model, we prove existence of the infinite volume limit, a uniform log-Sobolev inequality, and a mass gap. Our results hold for all $b^2 \in (0,1)$ and simplify for $b^2 \in (0,1/2)$ for which the Gaussian multiplicative chaos has two moments. In an appendix, our renormalization group analysis is compared with the conjectures and controversies in physics which are mostly based on formal analytic continuation of conjectures for the sine-Gordon model and we raise some questions.

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Decay of correlations for the massless hierarchical Liouville model in infinite volume

Let $(A_v)_{v\in \mathcal{T}}$ be the balanced Gaussian Branching Random Walk on a $d$-ary tree $\mathcal{T}$ and let $M^A$ be the multiplicative chaos with parameter $γ\in (0, \sqrt{2\log d})$ constructed from $A$. In this work we establish the precise first order asymptotics of negative exponential moment of $M^A$, i.e.\ we prove that for $t_k = λp^k$ with $λ>0$ and $p$ an explicit constant depending only on $γ$, we have as $k \to \infty$, \begin{equation} -\frac{1}{d^k} \log \mathbb{E}[e^{-λp^k M^A } ] \to h(λ), \end{equation} where $h\colon (0,\infty)\to \mathbb{R}$ is a non-explicit positive continuous function. This result allows us to study the law of $A$ tilted by $e^{-t_k M^A}$ for particular values of $λ$, with $k\to \infty$. In this setting we prove that the normalized $L^1$ norm of $A$ in generation $k-a$ is bounded and converges to $0$ when first $k\to \infty$ and then $a\to 0$. As an application we prove that in this setting, under the tilt $e^{-t_k M^A}$ and with $k\to \infty$, the Branching Random Walk $A$ exhibits a weak decay of correlations, which is not present in the non-tilted model. Our methods also apply to the usual Branching Random Walk $(S_v)_{v\in \mathcal{T}}$ and with $M^A$ replaced by $\frac{1}{2}(M^+ + M^- )$, where $M^+$ and $M^-$ are the multiplicative chaoses with parameter $γ\in (0, \sqrt{2\log d})$ constructed from $S$ and $-S$. In that case we prove that, as $k\to \infty$, \begin{equation} -\frac{1}{d^k} \log \mathbb{E}[e^{- \frac{λp^k}{2}( M^+ + M^-) }] \to \tilde h(λ), \end{equation} where $\tilde h\colon (0,\infty)\to \mathbb{R}$ is again a non-explicit positive continuous function.

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A coupling for the Liouville and the sinh-Gordon model in the $L^2$ phase

Using a stochastic control approach we establish couplings of the Liouville field and the sinh-Gordon field with the Gaussian free field in dimension $d=2$, such that the difference is in a Sobolev space of regularity $α>1$. The analysis covers the entire $L^2$ phase. Our main tools are estimates for the short scales of the minimiser of the variational problem and several applications of the Brascamp-Lieb inequality.

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The Liouville model in the $L^1$ phase: coupling and extreme values

We establish a strong coupling between the Liouville model and the Gaussian free field on the two dimensional torus in the $L^1$ phase $β\in (0, 8π)$, such that the difference of the two fields is a Hölder continuous function. The coupling originates from a Polchinski renormalisation group approach, which was previously used to prove analogous results for other Euclidean field theories in dimension two. Our main observations for the Liouville model are that the Polchinski flow has a definite sign and can be controlled well thanks to an FKG argument. The coupling allows to relate extreme values of the Liouville model and the Gaussian free field, and as an application we show that the global maximum of the Liouville field converges in distribution to a randomly shifted Gumbel distribtion.

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Extreme local extrema of the sine-Gordon field

We prove that for $β<6π$ the local extremal process of the massive sine-Gordon field on the unit torus in $d=2$ converges to a Poisson point process with random intensity measure ${\rm Z}^{\mathrm{SG}}(dx) \otimes e^{-αh}dh$ for some $α>0$. The proof combines existing methods for the extremal process associated to the Gaussian free field, which was introduced and studied by Biskup and Louidor, and a strong coupling between the sine-Gordon field and the Gaussian free field.

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Multiscale coupling and the maximum of $\mathcal{P}(ϕ)_2$ models on the torus

We establish a coupling between the $\mathcal{P}(ϕ)_2$ measure and the Gaussian free field on the two-dimensional unit torus at all spatial scales, quantified by probabilistic regularity estimates on the difference field. Our result includes the well-studied $ϕ^4_2$ measure. The proof uses an exact correspondence between the Polchinski renormalisation group approach, which is used to define the coupling, and the Boué-Dupuis stochastic control representation for $\mathcal{P}(ϕ)_2$. More precisely, we show that the difference field is obtained from a specific minimiser of the variational problem. This allows to transfer regularity estimates for the small-scales of minimisers, obtained using discrete harmonic analysis tools, to the difference field. As an application of the coupling, we prove that the maximum of the $\mathcal{P}(ϕ)_2$ field on the discretised torus with mesh-size $ε> 0$ converges in distribution to a randomly shifted Gumbel distribution as $ε\rightarrow 0$.

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Maximum and coupling of the sine-Gordon field

For $0<β<6π$, we prove that the distribution of the centred maximum of the $ε$-regularised continuum sine-Gordon field on the two-dimensional torus converges to a randomly shifted Gumbel distribution as $ε\to 0$. Our proof relies on a strong coupling at all scales of the sine-Gordon field with the Gaussian free field, of independent interest, and extensions of existing methods for the maximum of the lattice Gaussian free field.

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