Annals of Probability

Invariance principle for the random conductance model with unbounded conductances

Abstract

We study a continuous time random walk X in an environment of i.i.d. random conductances μe∈[1, ∞). We obtain heat kernel bounds and prove a quenched invariance principle for X. This holds even when ${\mathbb{E}}\mu_{e}=\infty$.

Article information

Source
Ann. Probab., Volume 38, Number 1 (2010), 234-276.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 25 January 2010

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1264433998

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/09-AOP481

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2599199

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1189.60187

Citation

Barlow, M. T.; Deuschel, J.-D. Invariance principle for the random conductance model with unbounded conductances. Ann. Probab. 38 (2010), no. 1, 234--276. doi:10.1214/09-AOP481. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aop/1264433998

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