Phase Transitions in the One-dimensional Coulomb Gas Ensembles

TL;DR

This paper analyzes a one-dimensional Coulomb gas model with external forces, revealing phase transitions in particle arrangements as the number of particles grows, extending prior zero-temperature results to finite temperatures.

Contribution

It introduces a detailed analysis of phase transitions in a 1D Coulomb gas at finite temperature, expanding on previous zero-temperature studies with new asymptotic and structural results.

Findings

Identification of multiple phase transitions depending on external force strength

Asymptotic formulas for mean and variance of neighboring distances

Extension of zero-temperature results to finite temperature regime

Abstract

We consider the system of particles on a finite interval with pair-wise nearest neighbours interaction and external force. This model was introduced by Malyshev to study the flow of charged particles on a rigorous mathematical level. It is a simplified version of a 3-dimensional classical Coulomb gas model. We study Gibbs distribution at finite positive temperature extending recent results on the zero temperature case (ground states) with external force. We derive the asymptotic for the mean and for the variances of the distances between the neighbouring charges. We prove that depending on the strength of the external force there are several phase transitions in the local structure of the configuration of the particles in the limit when the number of particles goes to infinity.