Comment on "Novel type of phase transition in a system of self-driven particles"
Statistical Mechanics
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This paper uncovers a pitfall in the phase transition mechanism of Vicsek et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 1226 (1995)] which occurs with fairly high probability and leads to complete breakdown of the model dynamics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0703532,
title = {Comment on "Novel type of phase transition in a system of self-driven particles"},
author = {Michael Z. Q. Chen and Hai-Tao Zhang},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0703532},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
1 page, 2 figures