A classical construction associates to a transient random walk on a discrete group Γ a compact Γ -space ∂MΓ known as the Martin boundary. The resulting crossed product C∗-algebra C(∂MΓ) ⋊ rΓ comes equipped with a one-parameter group of automorphisms given by the Martin kernels that define the Martin boundary. In this paper we study the KMS states for this flow and obtain a complete description when the Poisson boundary of the random walk is trivial and when Γ is a torsion free non-elementary hyperbolic group. We also construct examples to show that the structure of the KMS states can be more complicated beyond these cases.
