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Published 2002 | Submitted
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Geometric Ergodicity of Some Hypo-Elliptic Diffusions for Particle Motions

Abstract

Two degenerate SDEs arising in statistical physics are studied. The first is a Langevin equation with state-dependent noise and damping. The second is the equation of motion for a particle obeying Stokes' law in a Gaussian random field; this field is chosen to mimic certain features of turbulence. Both equations are hypo-elliptic and smoothness of probability densities may be established. By developing appropriate Lyapunov functions and by studying the necessary control problems, geometric ergodicity is proved.

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© 2002 Markov Processes and Related Fields. Supported by the National Science Foundation under grant DMS-9971087. We would like to thank Des Higham, and Wilhelm Huisinga for helpful input.

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