Universal and non-universal large deviations in critical systems

Rare events play a crucial role in understanding complex systems. Characterizing and analyzing them in scale-invariant situations is challenging due to strong correlations. In this work, we focus on characterizing the tails of probability distribution functions (PDFs) for these systems. Using a vari...

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Published inarXiv.org
Main Authors Balog, Ivan, Delamotte, Bertrand, Rançon, Adam
Format Paper
LanguageEnglish
Published Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 04.09.2024
Subjects
Complex systems
Distribution functions
Functionals
Monte Carlo simulation
Perturbation theory
Probability distribution functions
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Summary:Rare events play a crucial role in understanding complex systems. Characterizing and analyzing them in scale-invariant situations is challenging due to strong correlations. In this work, we focus on characterizing the tails of probability distribution functions (PDFs) for these systems. Using a variety of methods, perturbation theory, functional renormalization group, hierarchical models, large \(n\) limit, and Monte Carlo simulations, we investigate universal rare events of critical \(O(n)\) systems. Additionally, we explore the crossover from universal to nonuniversal behavior in PDF tails, extending Cramér's series to strongly correlated variables. Our findings highlight the universal and nonuniversal aspects of rare event statistics and challenge existing assumptions about power-law corrections to the leading stretched exponential decay in these tails.
ISSN:2331-8422