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Super-Gaussian, super-diffusive transport of multi-mode active matter

Biological Physics 2020-10-28 v1 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

Living cells exhibit multi-mode transport that switches between an active, self-propelled motion and a seemingly passive, random motion. Cellular decision-making over transport mode switching is a stochastic process that depends on the dynamics of the intracellular chemical network regulating the cell migration process. Here, we propose a theory and an exactly solvable model of multi-mode active matter. Our exact model study shows that the reversible transition between a passive mode and an active mode is the origin of the anomalous, super-Gaussian transport dynamics, which has been observed in various experiments for multi-mode active matter. We also present the generalization of our model to encompass complex multi-mode matter with arbitrary internal state chemical dynamics and internal state dependent transport dynamics.

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@article{arxiv.1708.00190,
  title  = {Super-Gaussian, super-diffusive transport of multi-mode active matter},
  author = {Seungsoo Hahn and Sanggeun Song and Dae Hyun Kim and Gil-Suk Yang and Kang Taek Lee and Jaeyoung Sung},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.00190},
  year   = {2020}
}

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34 pages

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