We study a 2d Hamiltonian fluid made of particles carrying spins coupled to their velocities. At low temperatures and intermediate densities, this conservative system exhibits phase coexistence between a collectively moving droplet and a still gas. The particle displacements within the droplet have remarkably similar correlations to those of birds flocks. The center of mass behaves as an effective self-propelled particle, driven by the droplet's total magnetization. The conservation of a generalized angular momentum leads to rigid rotations, opposite to the fluctuations of the magnetization orientation that, however small, are responsible for the shape and scaling of the correlations.
@article{arxiv.1911.06042,
title = {Velocity and Speed Correlations in Hamiltonian Flocks},
author = {Mathias Casiulis and Marco Tarzia and Leticia F. Cugliandolo and Olivier Dauchot},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1911.06042},
year = {2020}
}
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Main text: 6 pages, 4 figures. Supplementary Information: 13 pages, 5 figures, 2 movies