Extinction times of multitype continuous-state branching processes

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Abstract: A multitype continuous-state branching process (MCSBP) mZ=(mZt)tgeq0, is a Markov process with values in [0,infty)d that satisfies the branching property. Its distribution is characterised by its branching mechanism, that is the data of d Laplace exponents of mathbbRd-valued spectrally positive L'evy processes, each one having d−1 increasing components. We give an expression of the probability for a MCSBP to tend to 0 at infinity in term of its branching mechanism. Then we prove that this extinction holds at a finite time if and only if some condition bearing on the branching mechanism holds. This condition extends Grey's condition that is well known for d=1. Our arguments bear on elements of fluctuation theory for spectrally positive additive L'evy fields recently obtained in cite{cma1} and an extension of the Lamperti representation in higher dimension proved in cite{cpgub}.











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