Published Paper
Inserted: 26 nov 2012
Last Updated: 17 feb 2014
Journal: Adv. Math. Sci. Appl.
Volume: 23
Number: 1
Pages: 187-207
Year: 2013
Abstract:
In this paper we describe the asymptotic behavior of rigid spin lattice energies by exhibiting a continuous interfacial limit energy as scaling to zero the lattice spacing. The limit is not trivial below a percolation threshold: it can be characterized by two phases separated by an interface. The macroscopic surface tension at this interface is de fined through a first-passage percolation formula, related to the chemical distance on the lattice $\mathbb{Z}^2$. We also show a continuity result, that is the homogenization of rigid spin system is a limit case of the elliptic random homogenization.
Keywords: Gamma-convergence, Variational problems, lattice energies, first-passage percolation, rigid spins, chemical distance
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