Gaussian limits for random geometric measures (Q2461998)

Given \(n\) independent random marked \(d\)-vectors \(X_i\) with a common density, define the measure \(\nu_n= \sum_i\xi_i\), where \(\xi_i\) is a measure (not necessarily a point measure) determined by the (suitably resealed) set of points near \(X_i\). Technically, this means here that \(\xi_i\) stabilizes with a suitable power-law decay of the tail of the radius of stabilization. For bounded test functions \(f\) on \(\mathbb{R}^d\), we give a central limit theorem for \(\nu_n(f)\), and deduce weak convergence of \(\nu_n(\cdot)\), suitably scaled and centred, to a Gaussian field acting on bounded test functions. The general result is illustrated with applications to measures associated with germ-grain models, random and cooperative sequential adsorption, Voronoi tessellation and \(k\)-nearest neighbours graph.