We consider random walks in attractive potentials - sub-additive functions of their local times. An application of a drift to such random walks leads to a phase transition: If the drift is small than the walk is still sub-ballistic, whereas the walk is ballistic if the drift is strong enough. The set of sub-critical drifts is convex with non-empty interior and can be described in terms of Lyapunov exponents (Sznitman, Zerner ). Recently it was shown that super-critical drifts lead to a limiting speed. We shall explain that in dimensions the transition is always of the first order. (Joint work with Y.Velenik)
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author = {Dmitry Ioffe and Yvan Velenik},
title = {Random {Walks} in {Attractive} {Potentials:} {The} {Case} of {Critical} {Drifts}},
journal = {Actes des rencontres du CIRM},
pages = {11--13},
publisher = {CIRM},
volume = {2},
number = {1},
year = {2010},
doi = {10.5802/acirm.17},
zbl = {06938565},
language = {en},
url = {https://acirm.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/acirm.17/}
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Dmitry Ioffe; Yvan Velenik. Random Walks in Attractive Potentials: The Case of Critical Drifts. Actes des rencontres du CIRM, Volume 2 (2010) no. 1, pp. 11-13. doi : 10.5802/acirm.17. https://acirm.centre-mersenne.org/articles/10.5802/acirm.17/
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