Measuring disorder in irreversible decay processes
Abstract
Rate coefficients can fluctuate in statically and dynamically disordered kinetics. Here, we relate the rate coefficient for an irreversibly decaying population to the Fisher information. From this relationship we define kinetic versions of statistical-length squared and divergence that measure cumulative fluctuations in the rate coefficient. We show the difference between these kinetic quantities measures the amount of disorder, and is zero when the rate coefficient is temporally and spatially unique.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 11, 2014
- Source ID
- 10.1063/1.4895514
Entities
People
- Helen C. Zhao
- Jason R Green
- Shane W Flynn
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- United States Department of Energy
- University of Massachusetts Boston