title: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA.
authors.forename: Shane W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Flynn
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA.
authors.forename: Helen C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Zhao
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, Massachusetts 02125, USA.
authors.forename: Jason R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Green