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We consider a specific continuous-spin Gibbs distribution μ t =0 for a double-well potential that allows for ferromagnetic ordering. We study the time-evolution of this initial measure under independent diffusions.
For `high temperature' initial measures we prove that the time-evoved measure μ t is Gibbsian for all t. For `low temperature' initial measures we prove that μ t stays Gibbsian for small enough times t, but loses its Gibbsian character for large enough t. In contrast to the analogous situation for discrete-spin Gibbs measures, there is no recovery of the Gibbs property for large t in the presence of a non-vanishing external magnetic field. All of our results hold for any dimension d≥2. This example suggests more generally that time-evolved continuous-spin models tend to be non-Gibbsian more easily than their discrete-spin counterparts.
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Külske, C., Redig, F. Loss without recovery of Gibbsianness during diffusion of continuous spins. Probab. Theory Relat. Fields 135, 428–456 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00440-005-0469-9
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