Metastability of the Three Dimensional Ising Model on a Torus at Very Low Temperatures

Gérard Ben Arous (Ecole Normale Supérieure)
Raphaël Cerf (Université Paris Sud)

Abstract


We study the metastability of the stochastic three dimensional Ising model on a finite torus under a small positive magnetic field at very low temperatures.

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Pages: 1-55

Publication Date: July 19, 1995

DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v1-10

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