Limit theorems for one and two-dimensional random walks in random scenery

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Abstract

Random walks in random scenery are processes defined by Zn:=∑k=1nξX1+...+XkZ_n:=\sum_{k=1}^nξ_{X_1+...+X_k}, where (Xk,k≥1)(X_k,k\ge 1) and (ξy,y∈Zd)(ξ_y,y\in{\mathbb Z}^d) are two independent sequences of i.i.d. random variables with values in Zd{\mathbb Z}^d and R\mathbb R respectively. We suppose that the distributions of X1X_1 and ξ0ξ_0 belong to the normal basin of attraction of stable distribution of index α∈(0,2]α\in(0,2] and β∈(0,2]β\in(0,2]. When d=1d=1 and α≠1α\ne 1, a functional limit theorem has been established in \cite{KestenSpitzer} and a local limit theorem in \cite{BFFN}. In this paper, we establish the convergence of the finite-dimensional distributions and a local limit theorem when α=dα=d (i.e. α=d=1α= d=1 or α=d=2α=d=2) and β∈(0,2]β\in (0,2]. Let us mention that functional limit theorems have been established in \cite{bolthausen} and recently in \cite{DU} in the particular case where β=2β=2 (respectively for α=d=2α=d=2 and α=d=1α=d=1).

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