On the coupling property of Lévy processes (Q1944673)

The aim of this paper is to study the coupling property of Lévy processes using explicit conditions on Lévy measures. The work is mainly motivated by the paper of \textit{F.-Y. Wang} [Bernoulli 17, No. 4, 1136--1158 (2011; Zbl 1238.60090)] which studies the coupling property of Ornstein-Uhlenbeck processes; however, the technique in the present paper is completely different. An explicit expression of the compound Poisson semigroup is used and combined with the Mineka and Lindvall-Rogers couplings for random walks. It is proved, in particular, that a Lévy process admits a successful coupling, if it is a strong Feller process or if the Lévy jump measure has an absolutely continuous component.