The probability distribution of the partition function of the random energy model

The authors give the expression for both integer and non-integer moments of the partition function Z of the random energy model. In the thermodynamic limit, they find that the probability distribution P(Z) can be decomposed into two parts. For log Z-(log Z) finite, the distribution is independent of N, the size of the system, whereas for log Z-(log Z) positive and of order N, the distribution is Gaussian. These two parts match in the region 1<<log Z-(log Z)<<N where the distribution is exponential.