A Large Deviation Principle for Weighted Riesz Interactions

We prove a large deviation principle for the sequence of push-forwards of empirical measures in the setting of Riesz potential interactions on compact subsets K in Rd\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\mathbb {R}^d$$\end{document} with continuous external fields. Our results are valid for base measures on K satisfying a strong Bernstein–Markov type property for Riesz potentials. Furthermore, we give sufficient conditions on K (which are satisfied if K is a smooth submanifold) so that a measure on K that satisfies a mass-density condition will also satisfy this strong Bernstein–Markov property.