Poisson processes for subsystems of finite type in symbolic dynamics

Let $DeltasubsetneqV$ be a proper subset of the vertices $V$ of the defining graph of an irreducible and aperiodic shift of finite type $(Sigma_{A}^{+},S)$. Let $Sigma_{Delta}$ be the subshift of allowable paths in the graph of $Sigma_{A}^{+}$ which only passes through the vertices of $Delta$. For a random point $x$ chosen with respect to an equilibrium state $mu$ of a Holder potential $phi$ on $Sigma_{A}^{+}$, let $tau_{n}$ be the point process defined as the sum of Dirac point masses at the times $k>0$, suitably rescaled, for which the first $n$-symbols of $S^k x$ belong to $Delta$. We prove that this point process converges in law to a marked Poisson point process of constant parameter measure. The scale is related to the pressure of the restriction of $phi$ to $Sigma_{Delta}$ and the parameters of the limit law are explicitly computed.