On slowdown and speedup of transient random walks in random environment (Q2380762)

The authors consider one-dimensional random walks in random environment which are transient to the right. Their main interest is in the study of the sub-ballistic regime, where at time \(n\) the particle is typically at a distance of order \(O\left( n^{k}\right) \) from the origin, \( k\in \left( 0,1\right) \). The authors investigate the probabilities of moderate deviations from this behaviour. Specifically, they are interested in quenched and annealed probabilities of slowdown (at time \(n\), the particle is at a distance of order \(O\left( n^{v_{0}}\right) \) from the origin, \(\nu _{0}\in \left( 0,k\right) \)), and speedup (at time \(n\), the particle is at a distance of order \(n^{\nu _{1}}\) from the origin, \(\nu _{1}\in \left( k,1\right) \)), for the current location of the particle and form the hitting times. Also, the authors study the probabilities of backtracking: at time \(n\), the particle is located around \(\left( -n^{\nu }\right) \), thus making an unusual excursion to the left. For the slowdown, the results are valid in the ballistic case as well.