Domino tilings of the Aztec diamond with doubly periodic weightings

Abstract: In this paper we consider domino tilings of the Aztec diamond with doubly periodic weightings. In particular a family of models which, for any $k \in \mathbb{N}$, includes models with $k$ smooth regions is analyzed as the size of the Aztec diamond tends to infinity. We use a non-intersecting paths formulation and give a double integral formula for the correlation kernel of the Aztec diamond of finite size. By a classical steepest descent analysis of the correlation kernel we obtain the local behavior in the smooth and rough regions as the size of the Aztec diamond tends to infinity. From the mentioned limit the macroscopic picture such as the arctic curves and in particular the number of smooth regions is deduced. Moreover we compute the limit of the height function and as a consequence we confirm, in the setting of this paper, that the limit in the rough region fulfills the complex Burgers' equation, as stated by Kenyon and Okounkov.