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Stable fluctuations for ballistic random walks in random environment on Z

Probability 2010-05-02 v1

Abstract

We consider transient random walks in random environment on Z in the positive speed (ballistic) and critical zero speed regimes. A classical result of Kesten, Kozlov and Spitzer proves that the hitting time of level nn, after proper centering and normalization, converges to a completely asymmetric stable distribution, but does not describe its scale parameter. Following a previous article by three of the authors, where the (non-critical) zero speed case was dealt with, we give a new proof of this result in the subdiffusive case that provides a complete description of the limit law. The case of Dirichlet environment turns out to be remarkably explicit.

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@article{arxiv.1004.1333,
  title  = {Stable fluctuations for ballistic random walks in random environment on Z},
  author = {Nathanaël Enriquez and Christophe Sabot and Laurent Tournier and Olivier Zindy},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1004.1333},
  year   = {2010}
}
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