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Yaglom theorem for critical branching random walk on $\mathbb{Z}^d$

Probability 2026-01-01 v1

Abstract

We study the critical branching random walk on Zd\mathbb{Z}^d started from a distant point xx and conditioned to hit some compact set KK in Zd\mathbb{Z}^d. We are interested in the occupation time in KK and present its asymptotic behaviors in different dimensions. It is shown in this work that the occupation time is of order x4d\|x\|^{4-d} in dimensions d3d\leq 3, of order logx\log\|x\| in dimension d=4d=4, and of order 1 in dimensions d5d\geq 5. The corresponding weak convergences are also established. These results answer a question raised by Le Gall and Merle (Elect. Comm. in Probab. 11 (2006), 252-265).

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@article{arxiv.2512.24047,
  title  = {Yaglom theorem for critical branching random walk on $\mathbb{Z}^d$},
  author = {Xinxin Chen and Shen Lin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2512.24047},
  year   = {2026}
}

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59 pages, 3 figures