Number of particles absorbed in a BBM on the extinction event

Publication date 20 February 2018

Abstract: We consider a branching Brownian motion which starts from

0

with drift

m u i n m a t h b b R

and we focus on the number

Z_{x}

of particles killed at

- x

, where

x > 0

. Let us call

m u_{0}

the critical drift such that there is a positive probability of survival if and only if

m u > - m u_{0}

. Maillard cite{maillard2013number} and Berestycki et al. cite{berestycki2015branching} have study

Z_{x}

in the case

m u l e q - m u_{0}

and

m u g e q m u_{0}

respectively. We complete the picture by considering the case where

m u > - m u_{0}

on the extinction event. More precisely we study the asymptotic of

q_{i} (x) := m a t h b b P l e f t (Z_{x} = i, z e t a_{x} < i n f t y i g h t)

. We show that the radius of convergence

R (m u)

of the corresponding power series increases as

m u

increases, up until

m u = m u_{c} i n [- m u_{0}, + i n f t y]

after which it is constant. We also give a necessary and sufficient condition for

m u_{c} < + i n f t y

. In addition, finer asymptotics are also obtained, which highlight three different regimes depending on

m u < m u_{c}

,

m u = m u_{c}

or

m u > m u_{c}

.

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