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Localization for a random walk in slowly decreasing random potential

Probability 2013-06-17 v2

Abstract

We consider a continuous time random walk XX in random environment on Z+\Z^+ such that its potential can be approximated by the function V:R+RV: \R^+\to \R given by V(x)=\sigW(x)b1\alfx1\alfV(x)=\sig W(x) -\frac{b}{1-\alf}x^{1-\alf} where \sigW\sig W a Brownian motion with diffusion coefficient \sig>0\sig>0 and parameters bb, \alf\alf are such that b>0b>0 and 0<\alf<1/20<\alf<1/2. We show that \P-a.s.\ (where \P is the averaged law) limtXt(C(lnlnt)1lnt)1\alf=1\lim_{t\to \infty} \frac{X_t}{(C^*(\ln\ln t)^{-1}\ln t)^{\frac{1}{\alf}}}=1 with C=2\alfb\sig2(12\alf)C^*=\frac{2\alf b}{\sig^2(1-2\alf)}. In fact, we prove that by showing that there is a trap located around (C(lnlnt)1lnt)1\alf(C^*(\ln\ln t)^{-1}\ln t)^{\frac{1}{\alf}} (with corrections of smaller order) where the particle typically stays up to time tt. This is in sharp contrast to what happens in the "pure" Sinai's regime, where the location of this trap is random on the scale ln2t\ln^2 t.

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@article{arxiv.1210.1972,
  title  = {Localization for a random walk in slowly decreasing random potential},
  author = {Christophe Gallesco and Serguei Popov and Gunter M. Schütz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.1972},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

14pages, 7 figures

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