2022
Equilibrium measures of the natural extension of beta-shifts
Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Ergodic Theory And Dynamical Systems. 2022. DOI : 10.1017/etds.2021.38.2020
Asymptotic decoupling and weak Gibbs measures for finite alphabet shift spaces
Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Nonlinearity. 2020. DOI : 10.1088/1361-6544/ab8fb7.2017
Time-based failure analysis of compressed riverbank riprap
M. Jafarnejad Chaghooshi; M. J. Franca; C. Pfister; A. Schleiss
Journal of Hydraulic Research. 2017. DOI : 10.1080/00221686.2016.1212940.2012
Théorie des probabilités. Cours d'introduction avec application à la statistique mathématique
C.-E. Pfister
Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes, 2012. 2010
Interface free energy
C.-E. Pfister
Scholarpedia. 2010. DOI : 10.4249/scholarpedia.9218.2009
A Point is Normal for Almost All Maps beta x+ alpha mod 1 or Generalised beta-Transformations
B. Faller; C.-E. Pfister
Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 2009. DOI : 10.1017/S0143385708000874.Interface free energy or surface tension: definition and basic properties.
C.-E. Pfister
20092008
Contribution to the ergodic theory of piecewise monotone continuous maps
B. Faller / C.-E. Pfister (Dir.)
Lausanne, EPFL, 2008. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-4232. Computation of Topological Entropy via phi-expansion, an Inverse Problem for the Dynamical Systems beta x+ alpha mod 1
B. Faller; C.-E. Pfister
20082007
On the topological entropy of saturated sets
C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems. 2007. DOI : 10.1017/S0143385706000824.2005
On the Nature of Isotherms at First Order Phase Transitions for Classical Lattice Models
C.-E. Pfister
Ensaios Matemáticos. 2005. Large deviations estimates for dynamical systems without the specification property. Application to the $\beta$-shifts
C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Nonlinearity. 2005. DOI : 10.1088/0951-7715/18/1/013.2004
On the singularity of the free energy at a first order phase transition
S. Friedli; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 2004. DOI : 10.1007/s00220-003-1003-5.Rigorous Analysis of Singularities and Absence of Analytic Continuation at First Order Phase Transition Points in Lattice Spin Models
S. Friedli; C.-E. Pfister
Physical Review Letters. 2004. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.015702.Rényi entropy, guesswork moments, and large deviations
C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 2004. DOI : 10.1109/TIT.2004.836665.Non-analyticity and the van der Waals limit
S. Friedli; C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Statistical Physics. 2004. DOI : 10.1023/B:JOSS.0000012506.98828.dd.2003
Billingsley dimension on shift spaces
C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Nonlinearity. 2003. DOI : 10.1088/0951-7715/16/2/317.On the non-analytic behaviour of thermodynamic potentials at first order phase transitions
S. Friedli / C.-E. Pfister (Dir.)
Lausanne, EPFL, 2003. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-2784. 2002
Thermodynamical aspects of classical lattice systems
C.-E. Pfister
In and Out of Equilibrium. Probability with a Physics Flavor; Boston: Birkhäuser, 2002. p. 393 - 472. 2000
Generic points via large deviation theory
J. T. Lewis; C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Dynamical systems. From crystal to chaos (Luminy-Marseille, 1998); Singapore: World Sci. Publ., 2000. p. 73 - 84. Complex WKB method for 3-level scattering systems
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
Asymptotic Analysis. 2000. 1999
Exponential estimates in adiabatic quantum evolution
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
1999. p. 309 - 315. Generic points for stationary measures via large deviation theory
J. T. Lewis; C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Markov Processes And Related Fields. 1999. Macroscopic description of phase separation in the 2D Ising model
C.-E. Pfister; Y. Velenik
Mathematical Results in Statistical Mechanics; World Scientific, 1999. p. 121 - 135. Interface, surface tension and reentrant pinning transition in the 2D Ising model
C.-E. Pfister; Y. Velenik
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1999. DOI : 10.1007/s002200050646.1998
How to Encode a Stationary Source
W. G. Sullivan; C.-E. Pfister; J. T. Lewis
1998. IEEE Information Theory Workshop, Killarney, Ireland, June 22-26, 1998. p. 86 - 87. DOI : 10.1109/ITW.1998.706447.1997
Phase separation as a large deviations problem : a microscopic derivation of surface thermodynamics for some 2D spin systems
Y. Velenik / C.-E. Pfister (Dir.)
Lausanne, EPFL, 1997. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-1712. Reconstruction sequences and equipartition measures: an examination of the asymptotic equipartition property
J. T. Lewis; C.-E. Pfister; R. P. Russell; W. G. Sullivan
IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. 1997. DOI : 10.1109/18.641557.Global specifications and nonquasilocality of projections of Gibbs measures
R. Fernández; C.-E. Pfister
Annals Of Probability. 1997. DOI : 10.1214/aop/1024404514.Large deviations and continuum limit in the 2D Ising model
C.-E. Pfister; Y. Velenik
Probability Theory and Related Fields. 1997. DOI : 10.1007/s004400050139.Random-cluster representation of the Ashkin-Teller model
C.-E. Pfister; Y. Velenik
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1997. DOI : 10.1007/BF02732435.1996
Mathematical theory of the wetting phenomenon in the $2$D Ising model
C.-E. Pfister; Y. Velenik
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1996. DOI : 10.5169/seals-116983.1995
The variational principle for Gibbs states fails on trees
R. M. Burton; C.-E. Pfister; J. E. Steif
Markov Processes And Related Fields. 1995. Almost sure quasilocality in the random cluster model
C.-E. Pfister; K. Vande Velde
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1995. DOI : 10.1007/BF02184883.Thermodynamic probability theory: Some aspects of large deviations
J. T. Lewis; C.-E. Pfister
Russ. Math. Surv.. 1995. DOI : 10.1070/RM1995v050n02ABEH002056.Entropy, concentration of probability and conditional limit theorems
J. T. Lewis; C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Markov Processes And Related Fields. 1995. Semiclassical asymptotics beyond all orders for simple scattering systems
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis. 1995. DOI : 10.1137/S0036141093250852.1994
Equilibrium shapes of crystals attached to walls
R. Kotecký; C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1994. DOI : 10.1007/BF02188669.Large deviations and the thermodynamic formalism: A new proof of the equivalence of ensembles
J. T. Lewis; C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
1994. On the Three Levels Micro-, Meso- and macro-Approaches in Physics, Leuwen. p. 183 - 192. Quantum adiabatic evolution
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
1994. On the Three Levels Micro-, Meso- and Macro-Approaches in Physics, Leuwen. p. 139 - 148. The equivalence of ensembles for lattice systems: Some examples and a counterexample
J. T. Lewis; C.-E. Pfister; W. G. Sullivan
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1994. DOI : 10.1007/BF02186849.1993
Adiabatic evolution in quantum mechanics
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
1993. Phase Transitions: Mathematics, Physics, Biology ..., Prague (Czech Republic), 1-5 June 1992. p. 123 - 128. Superadiabatic evolution and adiabatic transition probability between two nondegenerate levels isolated in the spectrum
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Mathematical Physics. 1993. DOI : 10.1063/1.530255.Nonabelian geometric effect in quantum adiabatic transitions
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
Physical Review A. 1993. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.48.2598.1992
Wulff theorem and best constant in Sobolev inequality
B. Dacorogna; C.-E. Pfister
Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées, Série 9. 1992. Absence of geometrical correction to the Landau-Zener formula
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
Physics Letters A. 1992. DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(92)90806-W.Geometrical and mathematical aspects of the adiabatic theorem of quantum mechanics
A. Joye / C.-E. Pfister (Dir.)
Lausanne, EPFL, 1992. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-1022. 1991
Interferences in adiabatic transition probabilities mediated by Stockes lines
A. Joye; G. Mileti; C.-E. Pfister
Physical Review A. 1991. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevA.44.4280.Exponentially small adiabatic invariant for the Schrödinger equation
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1991. DOI : 10.1007/BF02099288.Large deviations and phase separation in the two-dimensional Ising model
C.-E. Pfister
Helvetica Physica Acta. 1991. DOI : 10.5169/seals-116329.Exponential decay and geometric aspect of transition probabilities in the adiabatic limit
A. Joye; H. Kunz; C.-E. Pfister
Ann. Phys.. 1991. DOI : 10.1016/0003-4916(91)90297-L.Full asymptotic expansion of transition probabilities in the adiabatic limit
A. Joye; C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 1991. DOI : 10.1088/0305-4470/24/4/012.1990
An introduction to a mathematical description of the wetting phenomena in the Ising model
C.-E. Pfister
1990. Workshop on Wetting Phenomena, Mons, Belgium, October 17–19, 1988. p. 29 - 39. DOI : 10.1007/3-540-52338-3_4.1988
Analyticity properties of the surface free energy of the Ising model
C.-E. Pfister; O. Penrose
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1988. DOI : 10.1007/BF01224133.1987
The wetting transition. New rigorous results for the semi-infinite Ising model
C.-E. Pfister
1987. VIIIth international congress on mathematical physics, Marseille. p. 338 - 346. Semi-infinite Ising model. II: The wetting and layering transitions
J. Fröhlich; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1987. DOI : 10.1007/BF01217679.Phase diagram of the half-infinite Ising model
C.-E. Pfister
1987. p. 761 - 771. DOI : 10.1007/BF01206157.Semi-infinite Ising model. I. Thermodynamic functions and phase diagram in absence of magnetic field
J. Fröhlich; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1987. DOI : 10.1007/BF01206148.On the ergodic decomposition of Gibbs random fields for ferromagnetic Abelian lattice models
C.-E. Pfister
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences. 1987. DOI : 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1987.tb30052.x.The wetting and layering transitions in the half-infinite Ising model
J. Fröhlich; C.-E. Pfister
Europhysics Letters - European Physical Society Letters (EPL). 1987. DOI : 10.1209/0295-5075/3/7/012.1986
Classical spin systems in the presence of a wall: multicomponent spins
J. Fröhlich; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1986. DOI : 10.1007/BF01209399.Absence of crystalline ordering in two dimensions
J. Fröhlich; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1986. DOI : 10.1007/BF01211072.1985
Some inequalities for anisotropic rotators
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
The wonderful world of stochastics. A Tribute to Elliott W. Montroll; Elsevier Science Publishers, 1985. p. 206 - 213. Gibbs random fields and symmetry breakdown
C.-E. Pfister
Infinite Dimensional Analysis and Stochastic Processes; Pitman Advanced Publishing Program, 1985. p. 98 - 118. Introduction to spontaneous symmetry breakdown in classical lattice systems
C. Gruber; C.-E. Pfister
1985. XXI Karpacz Winter School of Theoretical Physics, Spontaneous Symmetry Breackdown and Related Subjects. p. 27 - 60. 1984
Gibbs random fields and symmetry breaking
C.-E. Pfister
1984. Sixth International Symposium on Information Theory, Moscow-Tashkent. p. 259 - 261. On classical ferromagnets with a complex external field
A. Messager; S. Miracle-Solé; C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1984. DOI : 10.1007/BF01770359.1983
Spin waves, vortices, and the structure of equilibrium states in the classical $XY$ model
J. Fröhlich; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1983. DOI : 10.1007/BF01214657.Interface and surface tension in Ising model
C.-E. Pfister
Scaling and self-similarity in physics (Bures-sur-Yvette, 1981/1982); Birkhäuser Boston, 1983. p. 139 - 161. Ordered surface phases
D. B. Abraham; C.-E. Pfister
Phys. Lett. A. 1983. DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(83)90343-2.Problème de surface en mécanique statistique
C.-E. Pfister
RPC 25, IRMA. 1983. 1982
On the statistical mechanics of surfaces
J. Fröhlich; C.-E. Pfister; T. Spencer
1982. Stochastic Processes in Quantum Theory and Statistical Physics: International Workshop, Marseille, France, June 29 – July 4,1981. p. 169 - 195. DOI : 10.1007/3-540-11956-6_118.Phase transitions in the Ashkin-Teller model
C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1982. DOI : 10.1007/BF01008251.Translation invariant equilibrium states of ferromagnetic abelian lattice systems
C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1982. DOI : 10.1007/BF01212175.1981
Surface tension and phase coexistence
J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
Physical Review Letters. 1981. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.46.1031.On the absence of spontaneous symmetry breaking and of crystalline ordering in two-dimensional systems
J. Fröhlich; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1981. DOI : 10.1007/BF01208901.Periodic Gibbs states of ferromagnetic spin systems
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1981. DOI : 10.1007/BF01007648.On the symmetry of the Gibbs states in two-dimensional lattice systems
C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1981. DOI : 10.1007/BF01942060.On the local structure of the phase separation line in the two-dimensional Ising system
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1981. DOI : 10.1007/BF01013174.1980
Some remarks on the surface tension
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
Mathematical Problems on Theoretical Physics; Berlin-Heidelberg-New York: Springer, 1980. p. 164 - 165. Low temperature expansion for continuous-spin Ising models
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1980. DOI : 10.1007/BF01941973.On the surface tension of lattice systems
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
1980. Third International Conference on Collective Phenomena (Moscow, 1978). p. 214 - 223. 1979
Non-translation invariant Gibbs states with coexisting phases. II: Cluster properties and surface tension
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1979. DOI : 10.1007/BF01197744.Non-translation invariant Gibbs states with coexisting phases III: Analyticity properties
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1979. DOI : 10.1007/BF01197448.Non-translation invariant Gibbs states with coexisting phases. I: Existence of sharp interface for Widom-Rowlinson type lattice models in three dimensions
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister; E. Olivieri
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1979. DOI : 10.1007/BF01197743.On the equivalence of boundary conditions
J. Bricmont; J. L. Lebowitz; C.-E. Pfister
Journal of Statistical Physics. 1979. DOI : 10.1007/BF01011169.1978
Processus Gaussiens, équivalence d'ensembles et spécification locale
P. Blanchard; C.-E. Pfister
Zeitschrift für Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie und Verwandte Gebiete. 1978. DOI : 10.1007/BF00534209.Correlation inequalities and uniqueness of the equilibrium state for the plane rotator ferromagnetic model
A. Messager; S. Miracle-Solé; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1978. DOI : 10.1007/BF01624786.1976
Inequalities for some classical spin vector models
H. Kunz; C.-E. Pfister; P. Vuillermot
Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General. 1976. DOI : 10.1088/0305-4470/9/10/019.First order phase transition in the plane rotator ferromagnetic model in two dimensions
H. Kunz; C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1976. DOI : 10.1007/BF01609121.1975
Analyticity properties of the correlation functions for the anisotropic Heisenberg model
C.-E. Pfister
Communications in Mathematical Physics. 1975. DOI : 10.1007/BF01608752.Correlation inequalities for some classical spin vector models
H. Kunz; C.-E. Pfister; P. A. Vuillermot
Physics Letters A. 1975. DOI : 10.1016/0375-9601(75)90799-9.1974
Propriétés d'analycité des fonctions de corrélation du modèle d'Heisenberg et décroissance exponentielle des fonctions d'Ursell du modèle d'Ising
C.-E. Pfister / W. Hunziker; K. Hepp (Dir.)
ETH-Z, 1974.
Teaching & PhD
Past EPFL PhD Students
Yvan Velenik, Sacha Friedli, Bastien Faller
