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Hitting times for independent random walks on $\mathbb{Z}^d$

Probability 2007-05-23 v2 Mathematical Physics math.MP

Abstract

We consider a system of asymmetric independent random walks on Zd\mathbb{Z}^d, denoted by {ηt,tR}\{\eta_t,t\in{\mathbb{R}}\}, stationary under the product Poisson measure νρ\nu_{\rho} of marginal density ρ>0\rho>0. We fix a pattern A\mathcal{A}, an increasing local event, and denote by τ\tau the hitting time of A\mathcal{A}. By using a loss network representation of our system, at small density, we obtain a coupling between the laws of ηt\eta_t conditioned on {τ>t}\{\tau>t\} for all times tt. When d3d\ge3, this provides bounds on the rate of convergence of the law of ηt\eta_t conditioned on {τ>t}\{\tau>t\} toward its limiting probability measure as tt tends to infinity. We also treat the case where the initial measure is close to νρ\nu_{\rho} without being product.

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@article{arxiv.math/0403351,
  title  = {Hitting times for independent random walks on $\mathbb{Z}^d$},
  author = {Amine Asselah and Pablo A. Ferrari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0403351},
  year   = {2007}
}

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Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117906000000106 in the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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