On a factorization formula for the partition function of directed polymers

Abstract

We prove a factorization formula for the point-to-point partition function associated with a model of directed polymers on the space-time lattice ${\mathbb{Z}}^{d+1}$, subject to an i.i.d. random potential and in the regime of weak disorder. In particular, we show that the error term in the factorization formula is uniformly small for starting and end points $x,y$ in the sub-ballistic regime $\Vert x-y\Vert \le t^{\sigma }$, where $\sigma <1$ can be arbitrarily close to $1$. This extends a result of Sinai. We also derive asymptotics for spatial and temporal correlations of the field of limiting partition functions.

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