Random walks on modular chains: Detecting structure through statistics
arXiv:2305.09759 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.108.024135
Abstract
We study kinetic transport through modular networks consisting of alternating domains using both analytical and numerical methods. We demonstrate that the mean velocity is insensitive to the local structure of the network, and it indicates only on global, structural-averaged properties. However, by examining high-order cumulants characterizing the kinetics, we reveal information on the degree of inhomogeneity of blocks and the size of repeating units in the network. Specifically, in unbiased diffusion, the kurtosis is the first transport coefficient that exposes structural information, whereas in biased chains, the diffusion coefficient already reveals structural motifs. Nevertheless, this latter dependence is weak and it disappears at both low and high biasing. Our study demonstrates that high order moments of the population distribution over sites provide information about the network structure that is not captured by the first moment (mean velocity) alone. These results are useful towards deciphering mechanisms and determining architectures underlying long-range charge transport in biomolecules and biological and chemical reaction networks.
13 pages, 10 figures
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