Markovian loop clusters on graphs

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Abstract: We study the loop clusters induced by Poissonian ensembles of Markov loops on a finite or countable graph (Markov loops can be viewed as excursions of Markov chains with a random starting point, up to re-rooting). Poissonian ensembles are seen as a Poisson point process of loops indexed by 'time'. The evolution in time of the loop clusters defines a coalescent process on the vertices of the graph. After a description of some general properties of the coalescent process, we address several aspects of the loop clusters defined by a simple random walk killed at a constant rate on three different graphs: the integer number line mathbbZ, the integer lattice mathbbZd with dgeq2 and the complete graph. These examples show the relations between Poissonian ensembles of Markov loops and other models: renewal process, percolation and random graphs.


In the paper, the loop clusters induced by Markov loop ensembles on graphs are studied. Some general properties of the clusters are stated and some formulae useful to study the semigroup of the coalescent process are established. Properties of the loop clusters induced by a simple random walk killed at a constant rate on different graphs are studied.











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