Stationary states for stable processes with partial resetting

Tomasz Grzywny, Karol Szczypkowski, Zbigniew Palmowski, Bartosz Trojan

Published 2024-12-20Version 1

We study a $d$-dimensional stochastic process $\mathbf{X}$ which arises from a L\'evy process $\mathbf{Y}$ by partial resetting, that is the position of the process $\mathbf{X}$ at a Poisson moment equals $c$ times its position right before the moment, and it develops as $\mathbf{Y}$ between these two consecutive moments, $c \in (0, 1)$. We focus on $\mathbf{Y}$ being a strictly $\alpha$-stable process with $\alpha\in (0,2]$ having a transition density: We analyze properties of the transition density $p$ of the process $\mathbf{X}$. We establish a series representation of $p$. We prove its convergence as time goes to infinity (ergodicity), and we show that the limit $\rho_{\mathbf{Y}}$ (density of the ergodic measure) can be expressed by means of the transition density of the process $\mathbf{Y}$ starting from zero, which results in closed concise formulae for its moments. We show that the process $\mathbf{X}$ reaches a non-equilibrium stationary state. Furthermore, we check that $p$ satisfies the Fokker--Planck equation, and we confirm the harmonicity of $\rho_{\mathbf{Y}}$ with respect to the adjoint generator. In detail, we discuss the following cases: Brownian motion, isotropic and $d$-cylindrical $\alpha$-stable processes for $\alpha \in (0,2)$, and $\alpha$-stable subordinator for $\alpha\in (0,1)$. We find the asymptotic behavior of $p(t;x,y)$ as $t\to +\infty$ while $(t,y)$ stays in a certain space-time region. For Brownian motion, we discover a phase transition, that is a change of the asymptotic behavior of $p(t;0,y)$ with respect to $\rho_{\mathbf{Y}}(y)$.