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Green-Kubo approach to the average swim speed in active Brownian systems

Soft Condensed Matter 2016-11-23 v1

Abstract

We develop an exact Green-Kubo formula relating nonequilibrium averages in systems of interacting active Brownian particles to equilibrium time-correlation functions. The method is applied to calculate the density-dependent average swim speed, which is a key quantity entering coarse grained theories of active matter. The average swim speed is determined by integrating the equilibrium autocorrelation function of the interaction force acting on a tagged particle. Analytical results are validated using Brownian dynamics simulations.

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@article{arxiv.1608.08095,
  title  = {Green-Kubo approach to the average swim speed in active Brownian systems},
  author = {A. Sharma and J. M. Brader},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1608.08095},
  year   = {2016}
}