Let D ⊂ Rd be a bounded domain and let [Formula: see text] denote the space of probability measures on D. Consider a Brownian motion in D which is killed at the boundary and which, while alive, jumps instantaneously according to a spatially dependent exponential clock with intensity γV to a new point, according to a distribution [Formula: see text]. From its new position after the jump, the process repeats the above behavior independently of what has transpired previously. The generator of this process is an extension of the operator -Lγ,μ, defined by [Formula: see text] with the Dirichlet boundary condition, where Cμ is the "μ-centering" operator defined by [Formula: see text] The principal eigenvalue, λ0(γ, μ), of Lγ, μ governs the exponential rate of decay of the probability of not exiting D for large time. We study the asymptotic behavior of λ0(γ, μ) as γ → ∞. In particular, if μ possesses a density in a neighborhood of the boundary, which we call μ, then [Formula: see text] If μ and all its derivatives up to order k - 1 vanish on the boundary, but the kth derivative does not vanish identically on the boundary, then λ0(γ, μ) behaves asymptotically like [Formula: see text], for an explicit constant ck.
Asymptotic behavior of the occupancy density for obliquely reflected Brownian motion in a half-plane and Martin boundary
