On slowdown and speedup of transient random walks in random environment
Abstract
We consider one-dimensional random walks in random environment which are transient to the right. Our main interest is in the study of the sub-ballistic regime, where at time the particle is typically at a distance of order from the origin, . We investigate the probabilities of moderate deviations from this behaviour. Specifically, we are interested in quenched and annealed probabilities of slowdown (at time , the particle is at a distance of order from the origin, ), and speedup (at time , the particle is at a distance of order from the origin, ), for the current location of the particle and for the hitting times. Also, we study probabilities of backtracking: at time , the particle is located around , thus making an unusual excursion to the left. For the slowdown, our results are valid in the ballistic case as well.
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@article{arxiv.0806.0790,
title = {On slowdown and speedup of transient random walks in random environment},
author = {Alexander Fribergh and Nina Gantert and Serguei Popov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0806.0790},
year = {2012}
}
Comments
43 pages, 4 figures; to appear in Probability Theory and Related Fields