Almost sure functional central limit theorem for ballistic random walk in random environment
Firas Rassoul-Agha and Timo Seppäläinen
Source: Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist.
Volume 45, Number 2
(2009), 373-420.
Abstract
We consider a multidimensional random walk in a product random environment with bounded steps, transience in some spatial direction, and high enough moments on the regeneration time. We prove an invariance principle, or functional central limit theorem, under almost every environment for the diffusively scaled centered walk. The main point behind the invariance principle is that the quenched mean of the walk behaves subdiffusively.
Résumé
Nous considérons une marche aléatoire multidimensionnelle en environnement aléatoire produit. La marche est à pas bornés, transiente dans une direction spatiale donnée, et telle que le temps de régénération posséde un moment suffisamment haut. Nous prouvons un principe d’invariance, ou un théorème limite central fonctionnel, sous presque tout environnement pour la marche centrée et diffusivement normalisée. Le point principal derrière le principe d’invariance est que la moyenne trempée (quenched) de la marche est sous-diffusive.
Primary Subjects: 60K37, 60F05, 60F17, 82D30
Keywords: Random walk; Ballistic; Random environment; Central limit theorem; Invariance principle; Point of view of the particle; Environment process; Green function
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Digital Object Identifier: doi:10.1214/08-AIHP167
Zentralblatt MATH identifier:
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