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Kittel's 1D model represents a natural DNA with two strands as a (molecular) zipper, which may be separated as the temperature is varied. We define multidimensional version of this model on a Cayley tree and study the set of Gibbs measures. We reduce description of Gibbs measures to solving of a nonlinear functional equation, with unknown functions (called boundary laws) defined on vertices of the Cayley tree. Each boundary law defines a Gibbs measure. We give a general formula of free energy depending on the boundary law. Moreover, we find some concrete boundary laws and corresponding Gibbs measures. Explicit critical temperature for occurrence of a phase transition (non-uniqueness of Gibbs measures) is obtained. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

We consider a hard core (HC) model with a countable set ℤ of spin values on the Cayley tree. This model is defined by a countable set of parameters λ i > 0 , i ∈ ℤ ∖ { 0 }. For all possible values of parameters, we give limit points of the dynamical system generated by a function which describes the consistency condition for finite-dimensional measures. Also, we prove that every periodic Gibbs measure for the given model is either translation-invariant or periodic with period two. Moreover, we construct uncountable set of Gibbs measures for this HC model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]