A characterisation of the Gaussian free field
(2019)
Journal Article
Berestycki, N., Powell, E., & Ray, G. (2020). A characterisation of the Gaussian free field. Probability Theory and Related Fields, 176(3-4), 1259-1301. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00440-019-00939-9
We prove that a random distribution in two dimensions which is conformally invariant and satisfies a natural domain Markov property is a multiple of the Gaussian free field. This result holds subject only to a fourth moment assumption.