On Barnes Beta Distributions and Applications to the Maximum Distribution of the 2D Gaussian Free Field

Abstract

A new family of Barnes beta distributions on $(0, \infty)$ is introduced and its infinite divisibility, moment determinacy, scaling, and factorization properties are established. The Morris integral probability distribution is constructed from Barnes beta distributions of types $(1,0)$ and $(2,2),$ and its moment determinacy and involution invariance properties are established. For application, the maximum distributions of the 2D gaussian free field on the unit interval and circle with a non-random logarithmic potential are conjecturally related to the critical Selberg and Morris integral probability distributions, respectively, and expressed in terms of sums of Barnes beta distributions of types $(1,0)$ and $(2,2).$