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Lattice Gauge Theory and a Random-Medium Ising Model

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We study linearization of lattice gauge theory. Linearized theory approximates lattice gauge theory in the same manner as the loop O(n)-model approximates the spin O(n)-model. Under mild assumptions, we show that the expectation of an observable in linearized Abelian gauge theory coincides with the expectation in the Ising model with random edge-weights. We find a similar relation between Yang-Mills theory and 4-state Potts model. For the latter, we introduce a new observable.

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Acknowledgements

For the latter conjecture, there have been suggested a proof by K. Izyurov and A. Magazinov, as well as interesting generalizations by M. Fedorov and I. Novikov (private communication) [16, 17]. The author is grateful to D. Chelkak, H. Duminil-Copin, M. Khristoforov, S. Melikhov, S. Smirnov for useful discussions.

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The work is supported by Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, agreement N075-15-2019-1619.

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Skopenkov, M. Lattice Gauge Theory and a Random-Medium Ising Model. Math Phys Anal Geom 25, 18 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11040-022-09430-9

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