Localization for Branching Random Walks in Random Environment
Probability
2007-12-06 v1 Mathematical Physics
math.MP
Abstract
We consider branching random walks in -dimensional integer lattice with time-space i.i.d. offspring distributions. This model is known to exhibit a phase transition: If and the environment is "not too random", then, the total population grows as fast as its expectation with strictly positive probability. If,on the other hand, , or the environment is ``random enough", then the total population grows strictly slower than its expectation almost surely. We show the equivalence between the slow population growth and a natural localization property in terms of "replica overlap". We also prove a certain stronger localization property, whenever the total population grows strictly slower than its expectation almost surely.
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@article{arxiv.0712.0649,
title = {Localization for Branching Random Walks in Random Environment},
author = {Yueyun Hu and Nobuo Yoshida},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.0649},
year = {2007}
}
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17 pages