English

Non-intersecting Brownian motions leaving from and going to several points

Probability 2011-04-25 v2

Abstract

Consider n non-intersecting Brownian motions on R\mathbb{R}, depending on time t[0,1]t \in [0,1], with mim_i particles forced to leave from aia_i at time t=0t=0, 1iq1\leq i\leq q, and njn_j particles forced to end up at bjb_j at time t=1t=1, 1jp1\leq j\leq p. For arbitrary pp and qq, it is not known if the distribution of the positions of the non-intersecting Brownian particles at a given time 0<t<10<t<1, is the same as the joint distribution of the eigenvalues of a matrix ensemble. This paper proves the existence, for general pp and qq, of a partial differential equation (PDE) satisfied by the log of the probability to find all the particles in a disjoint union of intervals E=i=1r[c2i1,c2i]RE=\cup_{i=1}^{r}[c_{2i-1},c_{2i}]\subset\mathbb{R} at a given time 0<t<10<t<1. The variables are the coordinates of the starting and ending points of the particles, and the boundary points of the set EE. The proof of the existence of such a PDE, using Virasoro constraints and the multicomponent KP hierarchy, is based on the method of elimination of the unwanted partials; that this is possible is a miracle. Unfortunately we were unable to find its explicit expression. The case p=q=2p=q=2 will be discussed in the last section.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1005.1303,
  title  = {Non-intersecting Brownian motions leaving from and going to several points},
  author = {Mark Adler and Pierre van Moerbeke and Didier Vanderstichelen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.1303},
  year   = {2011}
}

Comments

36 pages, 1 figure; References added, Revised argument in section 4, results unchanged