Occupation Time Large Deviations for Critical Branching Brownian Motion, Super-brownian Motion and Related Processes

We derive a large deviation principle for the occupation time functional, acting on functions with zero Lebesgue integral, for both superBrownian motion and critical branching Brownian motion in three dimensions. Our technique, based on a moment formula of Dynkin, allows us to compute the exact rate functions, which differ for the two processes. Obtaining the exact rate function for the super-Brownian motion solves a conjecture of Lee and Remillard. We also show the corresponding CLT and obtain similar results for the superprocesses and critical branching process built over the symmetric stable process of index β in Rd, with d < 2β < 2 + d.