OCCUPATION TIMES OF SUBCRITICAL BRANCHING IMMIGRATION SYSTEMS WITH MARKOV MOTION, CLT AND DEVIATION PRINCIPLES

Abstract

In this paper we consider two related stochastic models. The first one is a branching system consisting of particles moving according to a Markov family in ℝd and undergoing subcritical branching with a constant rate of V > 0. New particles immigrate to the system according to a homogeneous space-time Poisson random field. The second model is the superprocess corresponding to the branching particle system. We study rescaled occupation time process and the process of its fluctuations under mild assumptions on the Markov family. In the general setting a functional central limit theorem as well as large and moderate deviation principles are proved. The subcriticality of the branching law determines the behaviour in large time scales and it "overwhelms" the properties of the particles' motion. For this reason the results are the same for all dimensions and can be obtained for a wide class of Markov processes (both properties are unusual for systems with critical branching).