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Number of particles absorbed in a BBM on the extinction event

Probability 2016-11-08 v1

Abstract

We consider a branching Brownian motion which starts from 00 with drift μR\mu \in \mathbb{R} and we focus on the number ZxZ_x of particles killed at x-x, where x>0x>0. Let us call μ0\mu_0 the critical drift such that there is a positive probability of survival if and only if μ>μ0\mu>-\mu_0. Maillard \cite{maillard2013number} and Berestycki et al. \cite{berestycki2015branching} have study ZxZ_x in the case μμ0\mu \leq -\mu_0 and μμ0\mu\geq \mu_0 respectively. We complete the picture by considering the case where μ>μ0\mu>-\mu_0 on the extinction event. More precisely we study the asymptotic of qi(x):=P(Zx=i,ζx<)q_i(x):=\mathbb{P}\left(Z_x=i,\zeta_x<\infty\right). We show that the radius of convergence R(μ)R(\mu) of the corresponding power series increases as μ\mu increases, up until μ=μc[μ0,+]\mu=\mu_c\in [-\mu_0,+\infty] after which it is constant. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for μc<+\mu_c<+\infty. In addition, finer asymptotics are also obtained, which highlight three different regimes depending on μ<μc\mu<\mu_c, μ=μc\mu=\mu_c or μ>μc\mu>\mu_c.

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@article{arxiv.1611.01833,
  title  = {Number of particles absorbed in a BBM on the extinction event},
  author = {Pierre-Antoine Corre},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1611.01833},
  year   = {2016}
}

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32 pages, 1 figure