## Electronic Journal of Probability

### Tagged Particle Limit for a Fleming-Viot Type System

#### Abstract

We consider a branching system of $N$ Brownian particles evolving independently in a domain $D$ during any time interval between boundary hits. As soon as one particle reaches the boundary it is killed and one of the other particles splits into two independent particles, the complement of the set $D$ acting as a catalyst or hard obstacle. Identifying the newly born particle with the one killed upon contact with the catalyst, we determine the exact law of the tagged particle as $N$ approaches infinity. In addition, we show that any finite number of labelled particles become independent in the limit. Both results can be seen as scaling limits of a genome population undergoing redistribution present in the Fleming-Viot dynamics.

#### Article information

Source
Electron. J. Probab., Volume 11 (2006), paper no. 12, 311-331.

Dates
Accepted: 20 April 2006
First available in Project Euclid: 31 May 2016

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ejp/1464730547

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/EJP.v11-316

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR2217819

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1109.60083

Rights

#### Citation

Grigorescu, Ilie; Kang, Min. Tagged Particle Limit for a Fleming-Viot Type System. Electron. J. Probab. 11 (2006), paper no. 12, 311--331. doi:10.1214/EJP.v11-316. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.ejp/1464730547

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