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Abstract
We obtain precise plateau estimates for the two-point function of the finite-volume weakly coupled hierarchical \(|\varphi |^4\) model in dimensions \(d \ge 4\), for both free and periodic boundary conditions and for any number \(n \ge 1\) of components of the field \(\varphi \). We prove that, within a critical window around their respective effective critical points, the two-point functions for both free and periodic boundary conditions have a plateau, in the sense that they decay as \(|x|^{-(d-2)}\) until reaching a constant plateau value of order \(V^{-1/2}\) (with a logarithmic correction for \(d=4\)), where V is the size of the finite volume. The two critical windows for free and periodic boundary conditions do not overlap. The dependence of the plateau height on the location within the critical window is governed by an explicit n-dependent universal profile which is independent of the dimension. The proof is based on a rigorous renormalisation group method and extends the method used by Michta et al. (arXiv:2306.00896) to study the finite-volume susceptibility and related quantities. Our results lead to precise conjectures concerning Euclidean (non-hierarchical) models of spin systems and self-avoiding walk in dimensions \(d \ge 4\).
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The two journals Annales de l''Institut Henri Poincaré, physique théorique and Helvetica Physical Acta merged into a single new journal under the name Annales Henri Poincaré - A Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics edited jointly by the Institut Henri Poincaré and by the Swiss Physical Society.
The goal of the journal is to serve the international scientific community in theoretical and mathematical physics by collecting and publishing original research papers meeting the highest professional standards in the field. The emphasis will be on analytical theoretical and mathematical physics in a broad sense.