Breakup of an active chiral fluid
Soft Condensed Matter
2026-03-12 v3 Fluid Dynamics
Abstract
The nonlinear breakup dynamics of a strip of active chiral fluid is considered, and it is shown that the strip thickness goes to zero as a power law in finite time. Applying slender body theory to the hydrodynamic equations of active chiral fluids, we predict the exponents analytically, and our predictions are shown to be in excellent agreement with numerical simulations. Qualitative agreement between experiment and simulation is also found.
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@article{arxiv.2506.10534,
title = {Breakup of an active chiral fluid},
author = {Luke Neville and Jens Eggers and Tanniemola B. Liverpool},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.10534},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
4 pages main, 1.5 page references, 3 pages supplemental, 4 figures