Critical phenomena through the lens of the Ising model

08.01.2025 15:15 - 16:15

Hugo Duminil-Copin (University of Geneva)

Abstract: The Ising model is one of the most classical lattice models of statistical physics undergoing a phase transition. Initially imagined as a model for ferromagnetism, it revealed itself as a very rich mathematical object and a powerful theoretical tool to understand cooperative phenomena. Over one hundred years of its history, a profound understanding of its critical phase has been obtained. While integrability and mean-field behavior led to extraordinary breakthroughs in the two-dimensional and high-dimensional cases respectively, the model in three and four dimensions remained mysterious for years. In this talk, we will present recent progress in these dimensions based on a probabilistic interpretation of the Ising model relating it to percolation models.

Organiser:
N. Berestycki (U Wien), R. Bot (U Wien)
Location:

Sky Lounge, 12. OG, OMP 1