Sub-ballistic random walk in Dirichlet environment

Élodie Bouchet (Université de Lyon)

Abstract


We consider random walks in Dirichlet environment (RWDE) on $\mathbb{Z} ^d$, for $d \geq 3$, in the sub-ballistic case. We associate to any parameter $ (\alpha_1, \dots, \alpha _{2d}) $ of the Dirichlet law a time-change to accelerate the walk. We prove that the continuous-time accelerated walk has an absolutely continuous invariant probability measure for the environment viewed from the particle. This allows to characterize directional transience for the initial RWDE. It solves as a corollary the problem of Kalikow's $0-1$ law in the Dirichlet case in any dimension. Furthermore, we find the polynomial order of the magnitude of the original walk's displacement.


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Publication Date: May 25, 2013

DOI: 10.1214/EJP.v18-2109

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