Asymptotic behavior for the quenched survival probability of a supercritical branching random walk in random environment with a barrier
Abstract
We introduce a random barrier to a supercritical branching random walk in an i.i.d. random environment {Ln} indexed by time n, i.e., in each generation, only the individuals born below the barrier can survive and reproduce. At generation n (n∈N), the barrier is given by χn+εn, where {χn} is a random walk determined by the random environment. Lv & Hong (2024) showed that for almost every L:={Ln}, the quenched survival probability (denoted by ϱL(ε)) of the particle system will be 0 (resp., positive) when ε≤0 (resp., ε>0). In the present paper, we prove that εlogϱ L(ε) will converge in Probability/ almost surely/ in Lp to an explicit negative constant (depending on the environment) as ε↓0 under some integrability conditions respectively. This result extends the scope of the result of Gantert et al. (2011) to the random environment case.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Stochastic processes and statistical mechanics
Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
Probability and Statistical Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Electronic Journal of Probability
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- none
- Pages
- 1–36
- Publication date
- 1 January 2026
- Language
- EN