A phase transition in excursions from infinity of the ``fast fragmentation-coalescence process

DOI10.1214/16-AOP1150zbMATH Open1412.60112arXiv1602.05241OpenAlexW2963420793MaRDI QIDQ682250FDOQ682250

Authors: Steven W. Pagett, Tim Rogers, A. E. Kyprianou, Jason Schweinsberg 

Publication date: 14 February 2018

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

Abstract: An important property of Kingman's coalescent is that, starting from a state with an infinite number of blocks, over any positive time horizon, it transitions into an almost surely finite number of blocks. This is known as `coming down from infinity'. Moreover, of the many different (exchangeable) stochastic coalescent models, Kingman's coalescent is the `fastest' to come down from infinity. In this article we study what happens when we counteract this `fastest' coalescent with the action of an extreme form of fragmentation. We augment Kingman's coalescent, where any two blocks merge at rate $c>0$, with a fragmentation mechanism where each block fragments at constant rate, $lambda>0$, into it's constituent elements. We prove that there exists a phase transition at $lambda=c/2$, between regimes where the resulting `fast' fragmentation-coalescence process is able to come down from infinity or not. In the case that $lambda<c/2$ we develop an excursion theory for the fast fragmentation-coalescence process out of which a number of interesting quantities can be computed explicitly.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1602.05241

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zbMATH Keywords

coalescencefragmentationexcursion theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Continuous-time Markov processes on general state spaces (60J25) Exchangeability for stochastic processes (60G09)

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