Existence of the Quenched Pressure and Main Eigenvalue of the Ruelle Operator with a Brownian Type Potential

L. Chiarini, L. Cioletti

Published 2016-03-02Version 1

In this paper we prove the almost certain existence of the main eigenvalue of the Ruelle operator associated to a random potential coming from a Brownian motion and study its properties. For such potentials the absence of phase transition (in a proper sense) is obtained. We also exhibit an isomorphism between the space $C(\Omega)$, where $\Omega = \{0,1\}^\mathbb{N}$, endowed with its standard norm and a proper closed subspace of the Skorokhod space. Using this isomorphism we obtain a stochastic functional equation for the main eigenvalue and its associated eigenfunction. We obtain bounds on the expected value of the main eigenvalue by using the reflection principle of the Brownian motion. Finally, by applying the above mentioned results we prove the existence of the quenched topological pressure for Brownian type potentials.