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Complete localisation in the parabolic Anderson model with Pareto-distributed potential

Probability 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

The parabolic Anderson problem is the Cauchy problem for the heat equation tu(t,z)=Δu(t,z)+ξ(z)u(t,z)\partial_t u(t,z)=\Delta u(t,z)+\xi(z) u(t,z) on (0,)×Zd(0,\infty)\times {\mathbb Z}^d with random potential (ξ(z) ⁣:zZd)(\xi(z) \colon z\in {\mathbb Z}^d). We consider independent and identically distributed potential variables, such that Prob(ξ(z)>x)(\xi(z)>x) decays polynomially as xx\uparrow\infty. If uu is initially localised in the origin, i.e. if u(0,x)=\one0(x)u(0,x)=\one_0(x), we show that, at any large time tt, the solution is completely localised in a single point with high probability. More precisely, we find a random process (Zt ⁣:t0)(Z_t \colon t\ge 0) with values in Zd\Z^d such that limtu(t,Zt)/zZdu(t,z)=1,\lim_{t \uparrow\infty} u(t,Z_t)/\sum_{z\in\Z^d} u(t,z) =1, in probability. We also identify the asymptotic behaviour of ZtZ_t in terms of a weak limit theorem.

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@article{arxiv.math/0608544,
  title  = {Complete localisation in the parabolic Anderson model with Pareto-distributed potential},
  author = {Wolfgang Konig and Peter Morters and Nadia Sidorova},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0608544},
  year   = {2007}
}

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20 pages

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