Exponential asymptotics and law of the iterated logarithm for intersection local times of random walks

Abstract

Let α([0,1]^p) denote the intersection local time of p independent d-dimensional Brownian motions running up to the time 1. Under the conditions p(d-2)<d and d\ge 2, we prove lim_{t\to\infty}t^{-1}\log P\bigl{α([0,1]^p)\ge t^{(d(p-1))/2}\bigr}=-γ_α(d,p) with the right-hand side being identified in terms of the the best constant of the Gagliardo-Nirenberg inequality. Within the scale of moderate deviations, we also establish the precise tail asymptotics for the intersection local time I_n=#{(k_1,...,k_p)\in [1,n]^p;S_1(k_1)=... =S_p(k_p)} run by the independent, symmetric, Z^d-valued random walks S_1(n),...,S_p(n). Our results apply to the law of the iterated logarithm. Our approach is based on Feynman-Kac type large deviation, time exponentiation, moment computation and some technologies along the lines of probability in Banach space. As an interesting coproduct, we obtain the inequality \bigl(EI_{n_1+... +n_a}^m\bigr)^{1/p}\le \sum_{k_1+... +k_a=m\limits_{k_1,...,k_a\ge 0}}\frac{m!}{k_1!... k_a!}\bigl(EI_{n_1}^{k_1}\bigr)^{1/p}... \bigl(EI_{n_a}^{k_a}\bigr)^{1/p} in the case of random walks.

Published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1214/009117904000000513 in the Annals of Probability (http://www.imstat.org/aop/) by the Institute of Mathematical Statistics (http://www.imstat.org)

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