Critical Self-Similar Markov Trees

Recently introduced and studied in arXiv:2407.07888, a self-similar Markov tree (ssMt) is a random decorated tree that vastly generalises the fragmentation tree. We study here the critical case that was left aside in arXiv:2407.07888. Borrowing techniques from branching random walk, in particular the recent result of Aïdékon–Hu–Shi arXiv:2409.01048, we can complete the picture by constructing critical ssMt, computing their fractal dimension and studying their associated harmonic and length measures using spinal decomposition.