Nonrigidity properties of the Coulomb gas
Abstract
We prove existence of infinite volume $d$-dimensional Coulomb gases which are not number rigid for $d \geq 3$. This makes the Coulomb gas the Gibbs point process with the longest range pairwise interaction (i.e.\ with the smallest $s$ in the interaction kernel $g(x) = |x|^{-s}$) for which number non-rigidity has been proved in $d \geq 3$. We rule out properties stronger than number rigidity for the two-dimensional Coulomb gas.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics
Markov Chains and Monte Carlo Methods
Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Publication details
- Journal / source
- The Annals of Probability
- Volume
- 54
- Issue
- 3
- Publication date
- 21 April 2026
- Language
- EN