Localization properties of the sparse Barrat-Mézard trap model

Abstract

Inspired by works on the Anderson model on sparse graphs, we devise a method to analyze the localization properties of sparse systems that may be solved using cavity theory. We apply this method to study the properties of the eigenvectors of the master operator of the sparse Barrat-Mézard trap model, with an emphasis on the extended phase. As probes for localization, we consider the inverse participation ratio and the correlation volume, both dependent on the distribution of the diagonal elements of the resolvent. Our results reveal a rich and non-trivial behavior of the estimators across the spectrum of relaxation rates and an interplay between entropic and activation mechanisms of relaxation that give rise to localized modes embedded in the bulk of extended states. We characterize this route to localization and find it to be distinct from the paradigmatic Anderson model or standard random matrix systems.

16 pages, 14 figures. Accepted in Physical Review E

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