Catalytic branching and the Brownian snake. (Q2574539)

A catalytic measure-valued spatial branching process (super process) \(X\) is constructed where the local branching rate is governed by an additive functional \(A\) of the motion. Comparing to some earlier related results, the process \(A\) may be quite general, even discontinuous. This is achieved by introducing a new time scale \(\gamma (t)= t +A(t)\), in which the motion and branching occur at varying speed but are continuous. In this time scale, the particle stands still for a while if \(A\) makes a jump. The process \(X\) is also considered in the generic time scale of the branching, which allows to give an explicit construction of \(X\) in terms of a Brownian snake. An almost sure approximation by the corresponding branching particle systems is obtained as well.