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Stationary states for stable processes with partial resetting

Probability 2024-12-23 v1

Abstract

We study a dd-dimensional stochastic process X\mathbf{X} which arises from a L\'evy process Y\mathbf{Y} by partial resetting, that is the position of the process X\mathbf{X} at a Poisson moment equals cc times its position right before the moment, and it develops as Y\mathbf{Y} between these two consecutive moments, c(0,1)c \in (0, 1). We focus on Y\mathbf{Y} being a strictly α\alpha-stable process with α(0,2]\alpha\in (0,2] having a transition density: We analyze properties of the transition density pp of the process X\mathbf{X}. We establish a series representation of pp. We prove its convergence as time goes to infinity (ergodicity), and we show that the limit ρY\rho_{\mathbf{Y}} (density of the ergodic measure) can be expressed by means of the transition density of the process Y\mathbf{Y} starting from zero, which results in closed concise formulae for its moments. We show that the process X\mathbf{X} reaches a non-equilibrium stationary state. Furthermore, we check that pp satisfies the Fokker--Planck equation, and we confirm the harmonicity of ρY\rho_{\mathbf{Y}} with respect to the adjoint generator. In detail, we discuss the following cases: Brownian motion, isotropic and dd-cylindrical α\alpha-stable processes for α(0,2)\alpha \in (0,2), and α\alpha-stable subordinator for α(0,1)\alpha\in (0,1). We find the asymptotic behavior of p(t;x,y)p(t;x,y) as t+t\to +\infty while (t,y)(t,y) stays in a certain space-time region. For Brownian motion, we discover a phase transition, that is a change of the asymptotic behavior of p(t;0,y)p(t;0,y) with respect to ρY(y)\rho_{\mathbf{Y}}(y).

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@article{arxiv.2412.15626,
  title  = {Stationary states for stable processes with partial resetting},
  author = {Tomasz Grzywny and Karol Szczypkowski and Zbigniew Palmowski and Bartosz Trojan},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.15626},
  year   = {2024}
}
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