On the local time of random processes in random scenery

Details On the local time of random processes in random scenery On the local time of random processes in random scenery

2012-02-15

arxiv.org/abs/1202.3251v1

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Random walks in random scenery are processes defined by $Z_n:=\sum_{k=1}^n\xi_{X_1+...+X_k}$, where basically $(X_k,k\ge 1)$ and $(\xi_y,y\in\mathbb Z)$ are two independent sequences of i.i.d. random variables. We assume here that $X_1$ is $\ZZ$-valued, centered and with finite moments of all orders. We also assume that $\xi_0$ is $\ZZ$-valued, centered and square integrable. In this case H. Kesten and F. Spitzer proved that $(n^{-3/4}Z_{[nt]},t\ge 0)$ converges in distribution as $n\to \infty$ toward some self-similar process $(\Delta_t,t\ge 0)$ called Brownian motion in random scenery. In a previous paper, we established that ${\mathbb P}(Z_n=0)$ behaves asymptotically like a constant times $n^{-3/4}$, as $n\to \infty$. We extend here this local limit theorem: we give a precise asymptotic result for the probability for $Z$ to return to zero simultaneously at several times. As a byproduct of our computations, we show that $\Delta$ admits a bi-continuous version of its local time process which is locally H\"older continuous of order $1/4-\delta$ and $1/6-\delta$, respectively in the time and space variables, for any $\delta>0$. In particular, this gives a new proof of the fact, previously obtained by Khoshnevisan, that the level sets of $\Delta$ have Hausdorff dimension a.s. equal to 1/4. We also get the convergence of every moment of the normalized local time of $Z$ toward its continuous counterpart.

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