Critical point for infinite cycles in a random loop model on trees

Abstract

We study a spatial model of random permutations on trees with a time parameter $T>0$, a special case of which is the random stirring process. The model on trees was first analysed by Bjornberg and Ueltschi [Ann. Appl. Probab. 28 (2018) 2063–2082], who established the existence of infinite cycles for $T$ slightly above a putatively identified critical value but left open behaviour at arbitrarily high values of $T$. We show the existence of infinite cycles for all $T$ greater than a constant, thus classifying behaviour for all values of $T$ and establishing the existence of a sharp phase transition. Numerical studies [J. Phys. A 48 Article ID 345002] of the model on $\mathbb{Z}^{d}$ have shown behaviour with strong similarities to what is proven for trees.