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Limit laws for the energy of a charged polymer

Probability 2008-08-25 v1

Abstract

In this paper we obtain the central limit theorems, moderate deviations and the laws of the iterated logarithm for the energy Hn=1j<knωjωk1{Sj=Sk}H_n=\sum_{1\le j<k\le n}\omega_j\omega_k1_{\{S_j=S_k\}} of the polymer {S1,...,Sn}\{S_1,...,S_n\} equipped with random electrical charges {ω1,...,ωn}\{\omega_1,...,\omega_n\}. Our approach is based on comparison of the moments between HnH_n and the self-intersection local time Qn=1j<kn1{Sj=Sk}Q_n=\sum_{1\le j<k\le n}1_{\{S_j=S_k\}} run by the dd-dimensional random walk {Sk}\{S_k\}. As partially needed for our main objective and partially motivated by their independent interest, the central limit theorems and exponential integrability for QnQ_n are also investigated in the case d3d\ge3.

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@article{arxiv.0808.3037,
  title  = {Limit laws for the energy of a charged polymer},
  author = {Xia Chen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0808.3037},
  year   = {2008}
}

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Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-AIHP120 the Annales de l'Institut Henri Poincar\'e - Probabilit\'es et Statistiques (http://www.imstat.org/aihp/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)