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Velocity and diffusion constant of an active particle in a one dimensional force field

Statistical Mechanics 2020-06-17 v1 Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

We consider a run an tumble particle with two velocity states ±v0\pm v_0, in an inhomogeneous force field f(x)f(x) in one dimension. We obtain exact formulae for its velocity VLV_L and diffusion constant DLD_L for arbitrary periodic f(x)f(x) of period LL. They involve the "active potential" which allows to define a global bias. Upon varying parameters, such as an external force FF, the dynamics undergoes transitions from non-ergodic trapped states, to various moving states, some with non analyticities in the VLV_L versus FF curve. A random landscape in the presence of a bias leads, for large LL, to anomalous diffusion xtμx \sim t^\mu, μ<1\mu<1, or to a phase with a finite velocity that we calculate.

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@article{arxiv.2003.08155,
  title  = {Velocity and diffusion constant of an active particle in a one dimensional force field},
  author = {Pierre Le Doussal and Satya N. Majumdar and Gregory Schehr},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.08155},
  year   = {2020}
}

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7 + 15 pages, 8 figures