On the disconnection of a discrete cylinder by a biased random walk

Details On the disconnection of a discrete cylinder by a biased random walk On the disconnection of a discrete cylinder by a biased random walk

2007-10-24

arxiv.org/abs/0710.4427v2

Annals of Applied Probability 2008, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1441-1490

Mathematics

Probability

Published in at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/07-AAP491 the Annals of Applied Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aap/) by the Inst

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10.1214/07-AAP491

We consider a random walk on the discrete cylinder $({\mathbb{Z}}/N{\mathbb{Z}})^d\times{\mathbb{Z}}$, $d\geq3$ with drift $N^{-d\alpha}$ in the $\mathbb{Z}$-direction and investigate the large $N$-behavior of the disconnection time $T^{\mathrm{disc}}_N$, defined as the first time when the trajectory of the random walk disconnects the cylinder into two infinite components. We prove that, as long as the drift exponent $\alpha$ is strictly greater than 1, the asymptotic behavior of $T^{\mathrm{disc}}_N$ remains $N^{2d+o(1)}$, as in the unbiased case considered by Dembo and Sznitman, whereas for $\alpha<1$, the asymptotic behavior of $T^{\mathrm{disc}}_N$ becomes exponential in $N$.

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