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Condensation transition in large deviations of self-similar Gaussian processes with stochastic resetting

Statistical Mechanics 2022-06-10 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We study the fluctuations of the area A(t)=0tx(τ)dτA(t)= \int_0^t x(\tau)\, d\tau under a self-similar Gaussian process (SGP) x(τ)x(\tau) with Hurst exponent H>0H>0 (e.g., standard or fractional Brownian motion, or the random acceleration process) that stochastically resets to the origin at rate rr. Typical fluctuations of A(t)A(t) scale as t\sim \sqrt{t} for large tt and on this scale the distribution is Gaussian, as one would expect from the central limit theorem. Here our main focus is on atypically large fluctuations of A(t)A(t). In the long-time limit tt\to\infty, we find that the full distribution of the area takes the form Pr(At)exp[tαΦ(A/tβ)]P_{r}\left(A|t\right)\sim\exp\left[-t^{\alpha}\Phi\left(A/t^{\beta}\right)\right] with anomalous exponents α=1/(2H+2)\alpha=1/(2H+2) and β=(2H+3)/(4H+4)\beta = (2H+3)/(4H+4) in the regime of moderately large fluctuations, and a different anomalous scaling form Pr(At)exp[tΨ(A/t(2H+3)/2)]P_{r}\left(A|t\right)\sim\exp\left[-t\Psi\left(A/t^{\left(2H+3\right)/2}\right)\right] in the regime of very large fluctuations. The associated rate functions Φ(y)\Phi(y) and Ψ(w)\Psi(w) depend on HH and are found exactly. Remarkably, Φ(y)\Phi(y) has a singularity that we interpret as a first-order dynamical condensation transition, while Ψ(w)\Psi(w) exhibits a second-order dynamical phase transition above which the number of resetting events ceases to be extensive. The parabolic behavior of Φ(y)\Phi(y) around the origin y=0y=0 correctly describes the typical, Gaussian fluctuations of A(t)A(t). Despite these anomalous scalings, we find that all of the cumulants of the distribution Pr(At)P_{r}\left(A|t\right) grow linearly in time, Anccnt\langle A^n\rangle_c\approx c_n \, t, in the long-time limit. For the case of reset Brownian motion (corresponding to H=1/2H=1/2), we develop a recursive scheme to calculate the coefficients cnc_n exactly and use it to calculate the first 6 nonvanishing cumulants.

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@article{arxiv.2202.03546,
  title  = {Condensation transition in large deviations of self-similar Gaussian processes with stochastic resetting},
  author = {Naftali R. Smith and Satya N. Majumdar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.03546},
  year   = {2022}
}

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21 pages, 6 figures