A covariance formula for the number of excursion set components of Gaussian fields and applications

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Main Authors: Beliaev, Dmitry, McAuley, Michael, Muirhead, Stephen
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Published: 2023
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author Beliaev, Dmitry
McAuley, Michael
Muirhead, Stephen
author_facet Beliaev, Dmitry
McAuley, Michael
Muirhead, Stephen
contents We derive a covariance formula for the number of excursion or level set components of a smooth stationary Gaussian field on $\mathbb{R}^d$ contained in compact domains. We also present two applications of this formula: (1) for fields whose correlations are integrable we prove that the variance of the component count in large domains is of volume order and give an expression for the leading constant, and (2) for fields with slower decay of correlation we give an upper bound on the variance which is of optimal order if correlations are regularly varying, and improves on best-known bounds if correlations are oscillating (e.g.\ monochromatic random waves).
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spellingShingle A covariance formula for the number of excursion set components of Gaussian fields and applications
Beliaev, Dmitry
McAuley, Michael
Muirhead, Stephen
Probability
60G60, 60G15, 58K05
We derive a covariance formula for the number of excursion or level set components of a smooth stationary Gaussian field on $\mathbb{R}^d$ contained in compact domains. We also present two applications of this formula: (1) for fields whose correlations are integrable we prove that the variance of the component count in large domains is of volume order and give an expression for the leading constant, and (2) for fields with slower decay of correlation we give an upper bound on the variance which is of optimal order if correlations are regularly varying, and improves on best-known bounds if correlations are oscillating (e.g.\ monochromatic random waves).
title A covariance formula for the number of excursion set components of Gaussian fields and applications
topic Probability
60G60, 60G15, 58K05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.07823