Occupation time large deviations for critical branching Brownian motion, super-Brownian motion and related processes

Abstract

We derive a large deviation principle for the occupation time func-tional, acting on functions with zero Lebesgue integral, for both super-Brownian motion and critical branching Brownian motion in three dimensions. Our technique, based on a moment formula of Dynkin, allows us to compute the exact rate functions, which differ for the two processes. Obtaining the exact rate function for the super-Brownian motion solves a conjecture of Lee and Remillard. We also show the corresponding CLT and obtain similar results for the superprocesses and critical branching process built over the symmetric stable process of index $\beta$ in $R^d$, with $d < 2\beta < 2 + d$ .