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A physics-based model of swarming jellyfish

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems 2023-04-21 v4 Numerical Analysis Numerical Analysis Pattern Formation and Solitons Biological Physics Computational Physics

Abstract

We propose a model for the structure formation of jellyfish swimming based on active Brownian particles. We address the phenomena of counter-current swimming, avoidance of turbulent flow regions and foraging. We motivate corresponding mechanisms from observations of jellyfish swarming reported in the literature and incorporate them into the generic modelling framework. The model characteristics is tested in three paradigmatic flow environments.

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@article{arxiv.2211.07800,
  title  = {A physics-based model of swarming jellyfish},
  author = {Erik Gengel and Zafrir Kuplik and Dror Angel and Eyal Heifetz},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.07800},
  year   = {2023}
}

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35 pages, 14 figures

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