An Ising interface between two walls: Competition between two tendencies

Reviews in Mathematical Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 669-687

  Lebowitz, J L ^a   Mazel, A E ^b   Suhov, Yu M ^c,d,e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF EARTHQUAKE PREDICTION THEORY AND MATHEMATICAL GEOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Contours; Correlation inequalities; Dominant ground states; Entropic repulsion and attraction; Ferromagnetic Ising spins; Interface; Polymer expansions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030304702     PISSN: 0129055X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0129055X96000238     Document Type: Article

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