Quenched exit estimates and ballisticity conditions for higher-dimensional random walk in random environment

DOI10.1214/10-AOP637zbMATH Open1245.60099arXiv1005.0376OpenAlexW3099772346MaRDI QIDQ414276FDOQ414276

Authors: Alexander Drewitz, Alejandro F. Ramírez 

Publication date: 11 May 2012

Published in: The Annals of Probability (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Consider a random walk in an i.i.d. uniformly elliptic environment in dimensions larger than one. In 2002, Sznitman introduced for each $gammain(0,1)$ the ballisticity condition $(T{)}_{gamma}$ and the condition $(T^{\prime })$ defined as the fulfillment of $(T{)}_{gamma}$ for each $gammain(0,1)$. Sznitman proved that $(T^{\prime })$ implies a ballistic law of large numbers. Furthermore, he showed that for all $gammain(0.5,1)$, $(T{)}_{gamma}$ is equivalent to $(T^{\prime })$. Recently, Berger has proved that in dimensions larger than three, for each $gammain(0,1)$, condition $(T{)}_{gamma}$ implies a ballistic law of large numbers. On the other hand, Drewitz and Ram'{{i}}rez have shown that in dimensions $dge2$ there is a constant $gamm{a}_{d}in(0.366,0.388)$ such that for each $gammain(gamm{a}_d,1)$, condition $(T{)}_{gamma}$ is equivalent to $(T^{\prime })$. Here, for dimensions larger than three, we extend the previous range of equivalence to all $gammain(0,1)$. For the proof, the so-called effective criterion of Sznitman is established employing a sharp estimate for the probability of atypical quenched exit distributions of the walk leaving certain boxes. In this context, we also obtain an affirmative answer to a conjecture raised by Sznitman in 2004 concerning these probabilities. A key ingredient for our estimates is the multiscale method developed recently by Berger.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1005.0376

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zbMATH Keywords

random walk in random environmentballisticity conditionsexit estimates

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Processes in random environments (60K37) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

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