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Intermittency, fluctuations and maximal chaos in an emergent universal state of active turbulence

Fluid Dynamics 2023-06-28 v1 Statistical Mechanics Chaotic Dynamics Biological Physics

Abstract

A hydrodynamic model of active, low Reynolds number suspensions, shows the emergence of an asymptotic state with a universal spectral scaling and non-Gaussian (intermittent) fluctuations in the velocity field. Such states arise when these systems are pushed beyond a critical level of activity and show features akin to high Reynolds number, inertial turbulence. We provide compelling numerical and analytical evidence for the existence of such a transition at a critical value of activity and further show that the maximally chaotic states are tied to this transition.

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@article{arxiv.2207.12227,
  title  = {Intermittency, fluctuations and maximal chaos in an emergent universal state of active turbulence},
  author = {Siddhartha Mukherjee and Rahul K. Singh and Martin James and Samriddhi Sankar Ray},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2207.12227},
  year   = {2023}
}

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8 Pages, 4 Figures