B4.12
Define a Poisson random measure. State and prove the Product Theorem for the jump times of a Poisson process with constant rate and independent random variables with law . Write down the corresponding result for a Poisson process in a space with rate when we associate with each an independent random variable with density .
Prove Campbell's Theorem, i.e. show that if is a Poisson random measure on the space with intensity measure and is a bounded measurable function then
where
Stars are scattered over three-dimensional space in a Poisson process with density . Masses of the stars are independent random variables; the mass of a star at has the density . The gravitational potential at the origin is given by
where is a constant. Find the moment generating function .
A galaxy occupies a sphere of radius centred at the origin. The density of stars is for points inside the sphere; the mass of each star has the exponential distribution with mean . Calculate the expected potential due to the galaxy at the origin. Let be a positive constant. Find the distribution of the distance from the origin to the nearest star whose contribution to the potential is at least .