Moderate deviations for random walk in random scenery
Authors
- Fleischmann, Klaus
- Mörters, Peter
- Wachtel, Vitali
2010 Mathematics Subject Classification
- 60F10 60K37
Keywords
- Moderate deviation principles, self-intersection local times, concentration inequalities, large deviations, moderate deviation regimes, maximum of local times, precise asymptotics, annealed probabilities, Cramér's condition
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Abstract
We investigate random walks in independent, identically distributed random sceneries under the assumption that the scenery variables satisfy Cramér's condition. We prove moderate deviation principles in dimensions $dge 2$, covering all those regimes where rate and speed do not depend on the actual distribution of the scenery. In the case $dge 4$ we even obtain precise asymptotics for the annealed probability of a moderate deviation, extending a classical central limit theorem of Kesten and Spitzer. In $dge 3$, an important ingredient in the proofs are new concentration inequalities for self-intersection local times of random walks, which are of independent interest, whilst in $d=2$ we use a recent moderate deviation result for self-intersection local times, which is due to Bass, Chen and Rosen.
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