Lemniscate ensembles with spectral singularity

Abstract

We consider a family of random normal matrix models whose eigenvalues tend to occupy lemniscate type droplets as the size of the matrix increases. Under the insertion of a point charge, we derive the scaling limit at the singular boundary point, which is expressed in terms of the solution to the model Painlev\'{e} IV Riemann-Hilbert problem. For this, we introduce a version of the Christoffel-Darboux identity and combine it with the strong asymptotics of the associated orthogonal polynomials due to Bertola, Elias Rebelo and Grava.