We compute the asymptotics of a block Toeplitz determinant which arises in the classical dimer model for the triangular lattice
when considering the monomer-monomer correlation function. The model depends on a parameter interpolating between the square
lattice (
t = 0) and the triangular lattice (
t = 1), and we obtain the asymptotics for 0 <
t ≤ 1. For 0 <
t < 1 we apply the Szegö Limit Theorem for block Toeplitz determinants. The main difficulty is to evaluate the constant term
in the asymptotics, which is generally given only in a rather abstract form.
Communicated by H. Spohn
Supported in part by NSF Grants DMS-0200167 and DMS-0500892.