Shape transition under excess self-intersections for transient random walk
Amine Asselah (2010)
Annales de l'I.H.P. Probabilités et statistiques
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We reveal a shape transition for a transient simple random walk forced to realize an excess -norm of the local times, as the parameter crosses the value ()=/(−2). Also, as an application of our approach, we establish a central limit theorem for the -norm of the local times in dimension 4 or more.