The Ising Model Coupled to 2D Gravity: Genus Zero Partition Function

We compute the genus 0 free energy for the 2-matrix model with quartic interactions, which acts as a generating function for the Ising model's partition function on a random, 4-regular, planar graph. This is consistent with the predictions of Kazakov and Boulatov on this model, as well as subse...

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Veröffentlicht in:Symmetry, Integrability and Geometry: Methods and Applications
Datum:2025
Hauptverfasser: Duits, Maurice, Hayford, Nathan, Lee, Seung-Yeop
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Інститут математики НАН України 2025
Online Zugang:https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/214089
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Zitieren:The Ising Model Coupled to 2D Gravity: Genus Zero Partition Function. Maurice Duits, Nathan Hayford and Seung-Yeop Lee. SIGMA 21 (2025), 079, 90 pages

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Zusammenfassung:We compute the genus 0 free energy for the 2-matrix model with quartic interactions, which acts as a generating function for the Ising model's partition function on a random, 4-regular, planar graph. This is consistent with the predictions of Kazakov and Boulatov on this model, as well as subsequent confirmation of this formula using combinatorial methods. We also provide a new parametric formula for the free energy and give a characterization of the phase space. Our analysis is based on a steepest descent Riemann-Hilbert analysis of the associated biorthogonal polynomials and the corresponding isomonodromic τ-function. A key ingredient in the analysis is a parametrization of the spectral curve. This analysis lays the groundwork for the subsequent study of the multicritical point, which we will study in a forthcoming work.
ISSN:1815-0659