## Electronic Journal of Probability

### Infinite volume continuum random cluster model

#### Abstract

The continuum random cluster model is defined as a Gibbs modification of the stationary Boolean model in $\mathbb{R}^d$ with intensity $z \gt 0$ and the law of radii $Q$. The formal unormalized density is given by $q^{N_{cc}}$ where $q \gt 0$ is a fixed parameter and $N_{cc}$ the number of connected components in the random germ-grain structure. In this paper we prove the existence of the model in the infinite volume regime for a large class of parameters including the case $q \lt 1$ or distributions $Q$ without compact support. In the extreme setting of non integrable radii (i.e. $\int R^d Q(dR)=\infty$) and $q$ is an integer larger than 1, we prove that for $z$ small enough the continuum random cluster model is not unique; two different probability measures solve the DLR equations. We conjecture that the uniqueness is recovered for $z$ large enough which would provide a phase transition result. Heuristic arguments are given. Our main tools are the compactness of level sets of the specific entropy, a fine study of the quasi locality of the Gibbs kernels and a Fortuin-Kasteleyn representation via Widom-Rowlinson models with random radii.

#### Article information

Source
Electron. J. Probab., Volume 20 (2015), paper no. 125, 24 pp.

Dates
Accepted: 29 November 2015
First available in Project Euclid: 4 June 2016

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ejp/1465067231

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/EJP.v20-4718

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3433458

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1330.60021

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