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Universal Hyperuniformity in Active Field Theories

Statistical Mechanics 2024-03-26 v2 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

We show that dry scalar-order active field theories (AFTs) are universally hyperuniform, i.e., density fluctuations are anomalously suppressed in the long-time limit regardless of the integrability or functional form of the active contributions up to third order in gradient terms. These AFTs include Active model B, Active model B+, and effective Cahn-Hilliard models. Moreover, density variances and spectral densities are virtually indistinguishable from that of passive phase-separated hyperuniform fields. Higher moments of the density fluctuations, however, reveal activity-dependent higher-order correlations that are not captured by conventional two-point measures that characterize hyperuniformity.

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@article{arxiv.2310.03107,
  title  = {Universal Hyperuniformity in Active Field Theories},
  author = {Yuanjian Zheng and Michael A. Klatt and Hartmut Löwen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2310.03107},
  year   = {2024}
}

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6 pages, 4 figures

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