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August 2011 Spectral gaps and exponential integrability of hitting times for linear diffusions
Oleg Loukianov, Dasha Loukianova, Shiqi Song
Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 47(3): 679-698 (August 2011). DOI: 10.1214/10-AIHP380

Abstract

Let X be a regular continuous positively recurrent Markov process with state space ℝ, scale function S and speed measure m. For a∈ℝ denote

Ba+=supxam(]x, +∞[)(S(x)−S(a)),

Ba=supxam(]−∞; x[)(S(a)−S(x)).

It is well known that the finiteness of Ba± is equivalent to the existence of spectral gaps of generators associated with X. We show how these quantities appear independently in the study of the exponential moments of hitting times of X. Then we establish a very direct relation between exponential moments and spectral gaps, all by improving their classical bounds.

Soit X un processus de Markov récurrent positif à trajectoires continues et à valeurs dans ℝ. Soient S sa fonction d’échelle et m sa mesure de vitesse. Pour a∈ℝ notons

Ba+=supxam(]x, +∞[)(S(x)−S(a)),

Ba=supxam(]−∞; x[)(S(a)−S(x)).

Il est bien connu que la finitude de Ba± est équivalente à l’existence d’un trou spectral du générateur associé à X. Nous montrons comment ces quantités apparaissent d’une manière indépendante dans l’étude des temps d’atteinte de X. Ensuite nous établissons une relation directe entre les moments exponentiels et le trou spectral, en améliorant en plus leurs encadrements classiques.

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Oleg Loukianov. Dasha Loukianova. Shiqi Song. "Spectral gaps and exponential integrability of hitting times for linear diffusions." Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Probab. Statist. 47 (3) 679 - 698, August 2011. https://doi.org/10.1214/10-AIHP380

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Published: August 2011
First available in Project Euclid: 23 June 2011

zbMATH: 1233.60044
MathSciNet: MR2841071
Digital Object Identifier: 10.1214/10-AIHP380

Subjects:
Primary: 60J25 , 60J35 , 60J60

Keywords: Dirichlet form , Exponential moments , hitting times , Linear Markov process , Poincaré inequality , recurrence , spectral gap

Rights: Copyright © 2011 Institut Henri Poincaré

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