Fragmentation processes with an initial mass converging to infinity

DOI10.1007/S10959-007-0120-ZMaRDI QIDQ2471121zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 18 February 2008

Published in Journal of Theoretical Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/math/0508616

Fragmentation immigration random tree regular variation weak convergence

Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Continuous-time Markov processes on general state spaces (60J25) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

Abstract: We consider a family of fragmentation processes where the rate at which a particle splits is proportional to a function of its mass. Let

F_{1}^{(m)} (t), F_{2}^{(m)} (t), ...

denote the decreasing rearrangement of the masses present at time

t

in a such process, starting from an initial mass

m

. Let then

m o i n f t y

. Under an assumption of regular variation type on the dynamics of the fragmentation, we prove that the sequence

(F_{2}^{(m)}, F_{3}^{(m)}, ...)

converges in distribution, with respect to the Skorohod topology, to a fragmentation with immigration process. This holds jointly with the convergence of

m - F_{1}^{(m)}

to a stable subordinator. A continuum random tree counterpart of this result is also given: the continuum random tree describing the genealogy of a self-similar fragmentation satisfying the required assumption and starting from a mass converging to

i n f t y

will converge to a tree with a spine coding a fragmentation with immigration.

Review text

The author considers a family of fragmentation processes where the rate at which a particle splits is proportional to a function of its mass. Starting from an initial mass \(m\), let \(F_{1}^{(m)}(t)\), \(F_{2}^{(m)}(t),\dots \) denote the decreasing rearrangement of the masses present at time \(t\) in such a process. Under an assumption of regular variation type on the dynamics of the fragmentation, it is proved that the sequence \((F_{2}^{(m)}, F_{3}^{(m)},\dots)\) converges in law as \( m\rightarrow \infty \) to a fragmentation with immigration process. This holds jointly with the convergence of \(m-F_{1}^{(m)}\) to a stable subordinator. A continuum random tree describing the genealogy of a self-similar fragmentation satisfying the required assumption and starting from a mass converging to \(\infty\), does converge to a tree with a spine coding a fragmentation with immigration. Some results obtained are applied to the ``stable fragmentations introduced by \textit{G. Miermont} [Probab. Theory Relat. Fields 127, No.~3, 423--454 (2003; Zbl 1042.60043); ibid. 131, No.~3, 341--375 (2005; Zbl 1071.60065)].

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