A central limit theorem for stochastic heat equations in random environment

Abstract

In this article, we investigate the asymptotic behavior of the solution to a one-dimensional stochastic heat equation with random nonlinear term generated by a stationary, ergodic random field. We extend the well-known central limit theorem for finite-dimensional diffusions in random environment to this infinite-dimensional setting. Due to our result, a central limit theorem in $L^1$ sense with respect to the randomness of the environment holds under a diffusive time scaling. The limit distribution is a centered Gaussian law whose covariance operator is explicitly described. It concentrates only on the space of constant functions.