Current Fluctuations for Independent Random Walks in Multiple Dimensions

Rohini Kumar ()
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Rohini Kumar: UCSB

Journal of Theoretical Probability, 2011, vol. 24, issue 4, 1170-1195

Abstract: Abstract Consider a system of particles evolving as independent and identically distributed (i.i.d.) random walks. Initial fluctuations in the particle density get translated over time with velocity $\vec{v}$ , the common mean velocity of the random walks. Consider a box centered around an observer who starts at the origin and moves with constant velocity $\vec{v}$ . To observe interesting fluctuations beyond the translation of initial density fluctuations, we measure the net flux of particles over time into this moving box. We call this the “box-current” process. We generalize this current process to a distribution-valued process. Scaling time by n and space by $\sqrt{n}$ gives current fluctuations of order n d/4 where d is the space dimension. The scaling limit of the normalized current process is a distribution-valued Gaussian process with given covariance. The limiting current process is equal in distribution to the solution of a given stochastic partial differential equation which is related to the generalized Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process.

Keywords: Independent random walks; Hydrodynamic limit; Current fluctuations; Distribution-valued process; Generalized Ornstein–Uhlenbeck process; 60K35; 60F10; 60F17; 60G15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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