The Scaling Limit of Lattice Trees in High Dimensions

Abstract:We prove that above eight dimensions the scaling limit of sufficiently spread-out lattice trees is the variant of super-Brownian motion known as integrated super-Brownian excursion (ISE), as conjectured by Aldous. The same is true for nearest-neighbour lattice trees in sufficiently high dimensions. The proof uses the lace expansion.

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