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Survival and Growth of a Branching Random Walk in Random Environment

Probability 2009-12-01 v2

Abstract

We consider a particular Branching Random Walk in Random Environment (BRWRE) on \sN0\sN_0 started with one particle at the origin. Particles reproduce according to an offspring distribution (which depends on the location) and move either one step to the right (with a probability in (0,1](0,1] which also depends on the location) or stay in the same place. We give criteria for local and global survival and show that global survival is equivalent to exponential growth of the moments. Further, on the event of survival the number of particles grows almost surely exponentially fast with the same growth rate as the moments.

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@article{arxiv.0906.4033,
  title  = {Survival and Growth of a Branching Random Walk in Random Environment},
  author = {Christian Bartsch and Nina Gantert and Michael Kochler},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0906.4033},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

Revised version, improved results. Accepted at Markov Processes and Related Fields