Large deviations for random walk in a random environment

Details Large deviations for random walk in a random environment Large deviations for random walk in a random environment

2008-09-07

arxiv.org/abs/0809.1227v1

Mathematics

Probability

82 pages. PhD thesis. Advisor: S.R.S. Varadhan

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In this work, we study the large deviation properties of random walk in a random environment on $\mathbb{Z}^d$ with $d\geq1$. We start with the quenched case, take the point of view of the particle, and prove the large deviation principle (LDP) for the pair empirical measure of the environment Markov chain. By an appropriate contraction, we deduce the quenched LDP for the mean velocity of the particle and obtain a variational formula for the corresponding rate function $I_q$. We propose an Ansatz for the minimizer of this formula. This Ansatz is easily verified when $d=1$. In his 2003 paper, Varadhan proves the averaged LDP for the mean velocity and gives a variational formula for the corresponding rate function $I_a$. Under the non-nestling assumption (resp. Kalikow's condition), we show that $I_a$ is strictly convex and analytic on a non-empty open set $\mathcal{A}$, and that the true velocity $\xi_o$ is an element (resp. in the closure) of $\mathcal{A}$. We then identify the minimizer of Varadhan's variational formula at any $\xi\in\mathcal{A}$. For walks in high dimension, we believe that $I_a$ and $I_q$ agree on a set with non-empty interior. We prove this for space-time walks when the dimension is at least 3+1. In the latter case, we show that the cheapest way to condition the asymptotic mean velocity of the particle to be equal to any $\xi$ close to $\xi_o$ is to tilt the transition kernel of the environment Markov chain via a Doob $h$-transform.

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