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Occupation time of a run-and-tumble particle with resetting

Statistical Mechanics 2020-11-04 v1

Abstract

We study the positive occupation time of a run-and-tumble particle (RTP) subject to stochastic resetting. Under the resetting protocol, the position of the particle is reset to the origin at a random sequence of times that is generated by a Poisson process with rate rr. The velocity state is reset to ±v\pm v with fixed probabilities ρ1\rho_1 and ρ1=1ρ1\rho_{-1}=1-\rho_1, where vv is the speed. We exploit the fact that the moment generating functions with and without resetting are related by a renewal equation, and the latter generating function can be calculated by solving a corresponding Feynman-Kac equation. This allows us to numerically locate in Laplace space the largest real pole of the moment generating function with resetting, and thus derive a large deviation principle (LDP) for the occupation time probability density using the Gartner-Ellis theorem. We explore how the LDP depends on the switching rate α\alpha of the velocity state, the resetting rate rr and the probability ρ1\rho_1. In particular, we show that the corresponding LDP for a Brownian particle with resetting is recovered in the fast switching limit α\alpha\rightarrow \infty. On the other hand, the behavior in the slow switching limit depends on ρ1\rho_1 in the resetting protocol.

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@article{arxiv.2009.01968,
  title  = {Occupation time of a run-and-tumble particle with resetting},
  author = {Paul C Bressloff},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2009.01968},
  year   = {2020}
}

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13 pages, 6 figures