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Stochastic averaging for a spatial population model in random environment

Mathematical Physics 2017-12-12 v1 math.MP

Abstract

In this work we study the non-equilibrium Markov state evolution for a spatial population model on the space of locally finite configurations Γ2=Γ+×Γ\Gamma^2 = \Gamma^+ \times \Gamma^- over Rd\mathbb{R}^d where particles are marked by spins ±\pm. Particles of type '+' reproduce themselves independently of each other and, moreover, die due to competition either among particles of the same type or particles of different type. Particles of type '-' evolve according to a non-equilibrium Glauber-type dynamics with activity zz and potential ψ\psi. Let LSL^S be the Markov operator for '+' -particles and LEL^E the Markov operator for '-' -particles. The non-equilibrium state evolution (μtε)t0(\mu_t^{\varepsilon})_{t \geq 0} is obtained from the Fokker-Planck equation with Markov operator LS+1εLEL^S + \frac{1}{\varepsilon}L^E, ε>0\varepsilon > 0, which itself is studied in terms of correlation function evolution on a suitable chosen scale of Banach spaces. We prove that in the limiting regime ε0\varepsilon \to 0 the state evolution μtε\mu_t^{\varepsilon} converges weakly to some state evolution μt\overline{\mu}_t associated to the Fokker-Planck equation with (heuristic) Markov operator obtained from LSL^S by averaging the interactions of the system with the environment with respect to the unique invariant Gibbs measure of the environment.

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@article{arxiv.1712.03413,
  title  = {Stochastic averaging for a spatial population model in random environment},
  author = {Martin Friesen and Yuri Kondratiev},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1712.03413},
  year   = {2017}
}
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