Crossing exponent in the Brownian loop soup

Abstract

We study the clusters of loops in a Brownian loop soup in some bounded two-dimensional domain with subcritical intensity $\theta \in (0,1/2]$. We obtain an exact expression for the asymptotic probability of the existence of a cluster crossing a given annulus of radii $r$ and $r^s$ as $r\to 0$ ($s>1$ fixed). Relying on this result, we then show that the probability for a macroscopic cluster to hit a given disc of radius $r$ decays like $|\log r{|}^{-1+\theta +o(1)}$ as $r\to 0$. Finally, we characterise the polar sets of clusters, i.e. sets that are not hit by the closure of any cluster, in terms of ${\log }^{\alpha }$-capacity. This paper reveals a connection between the 1D and 2D Brownian loop soups. This connection in turn implies the existence of a second critical intensity $\theta =1$ that describes a phase transition in the percolative behaviour of large loops on a logarithmic scale targeting an interior point of the domain.

36 pages, 1 figure. v2: extended introduction with extra references

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