A vector-valued almost sure invariance principle for Sinai billiards with random scatterers

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Abstract: Understanding the statistical properties of the aperiodic planar Lorentz gas stands as a grand challenge in the theory of dynamical systems. Here we study a greatly simplified but related model, proposed by Arvind Ayyer and popularized by Joel Lebowitz, in which a scatterer configuration on the torus is randomly updated between collisions. Taking advantage of recent progress in the theory of time-dependent billiards on the one hand and in probability theory on the other, we prove a vector-valued almost sure invariance principle for the model. Notably, the configuration sequence can be weakly dependent and non-stationary. We provide an expression for the covariance matrix, which in the non-stationary case differs from the traditional one. We also obtain a new invariance principle for Sinai billiards (the case of fixed scatterers) with time-dependent observables, and improve the accuracy and generality of existing results.


The author considers statistical properties of a random billiard system. More precisely, the study the randomness results for the motion of a special hard disc, at the moment when the billiard particle hits other boundary components of the billiard table. The \(n\)-iteration of the random billiard map can be obtained by composition of \(n\)-discrete billiard maps. The proof of the main results benefits from a condition formulated recently by \textit{S. Gouëzel} [Ann. Probab. 38, No. 4, 1639--1671 (2010; Zbl 1207.60026)] under which the almost sure invariance principle holds for certain stochastic processes. To check Gouëzel's condition, the author proves the exponential memory loss, using coupling methods similar to that used in [the author et al., Commun. Math. Phys. 322, No. 3, 909--955 (2013; Zbl 1304.37024)], which is the most crucial part of the paper. The averaged (or annealed) central limit theorem and the vector-valued almost sure invariance principle are proved for stochastic processes generated by this random billiard systems.



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