First-passage and first-exit times of a Bessel-like stochastic process (1007.4588v1)
Abstract: We study a stochastic process $X_t$ related to the Bessel and the Rayleigh processes, with various applications in physics, chemistry, biology, economics, finance and other fields. The stochastic differential equation is $dX_t = (nD/X_t) dt + \sqrt{2D} dW_t$, where $W_t$ is the Wiener process. Due to the singularity of the drift term for $X_t = 0$, different natures of boundary at the origin arise depending on the real parameter $n$: entrance, exit, and regular. For each of them we calculate analytically and numerically the probability density functions of first-passage times or first-exit times. Nontrivial behaviour is observed in the case of a regular boundary.
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