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The Boltzmann equation describes the evolution of the phase-space probability distribution of classical particles under binary collisions. Approximations to it underlie the basis for several scholarly fields, including aerodynamics and…

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We study the solvability and homogenization of a thermal-diffusion reaction problem posed in a periodically perforated domain. The system describes the motion of populations of hot colloidal particles interacting together via Smoluchowski…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-09-17 Oleh Krehel , Adrian Muntean , Toyohiko Aiki

Non-reciprocal systems exhibit diverse dynamical phases whose character depends on the type and degree of non-reciprocity. In this study, we theoretically investigate dynamical structures in a mixture of non-reciprocally aligning polar…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-12-20 Kim L. Kreienkamp , Sabine H. L. Klapp

The formula for dipole radiation reaction torque acting on a system of charges, and the Larmor-like formula for the angular momentum loss by this system, differ in the time derivative term which is the analogue of the Schott term in the…

Classical Physics · Physics 2022-04-05 Askold Duviryak

We have investigated the collisional corrections to the spin polarization pseudo-vector, $\delta\mathcal{P}^{\mu}$, using quantum kinetic theory in Chapman-Enskog expansion. We derive the spin Boltzmann equation incorporating M{\o}ller…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2025-03-11 Shuo Fang , Shi Pu

A completely Lorentz-invariant Bohmian model has been proposed recently for the case of a system of non-interacting spinless particles, obeying Klein-Gordon equations. It is based on a multi-temporal formalism and on the idea of treating…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-11-21 Sergio Hernandez-Zapata , Ernesto Hernandez-Zapata

We study a stochastic Hamiltonian system of $N$ particles with many particles interacting through a potential whose range is large in comparison with the typical distance between neighbouring particles. It is shown that the empirical…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Jesus Correa , Christian Olivera

Various possibilities of polar self-organisation in low molar mass nematic, smectic and columnar liquid crystals are discussed with particular focus on the underlying molecular symmetries and interactions. Distinction is made between vector…

Materials Science · Physics 2013-09-10 A. G. Vanakaras , D. J. Photinos

We obtain by invariance arguments the relativistic and non-relativistic invariant dynamical equations of a classical model of a spinning electron. We apply the formalism to a particular classical model which satisfies Dirac's equation when…

Classical Physics · Physics 2008-11-26 Martin Rivas

We study the dynamics of entanglement in spin gases. A spin gas consists of a (large) number of interacting particles whose random motion is described classically while their internal degrees of freedom are described quantum-mechanically.…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 J. Calsamiglia , L. Hartmann , W. Dür , H. -J. Briegel

The Smoluchowski equation for irreversible aggregation in suspensions of equally charged particles is studied. Accumulation of charges during the aggregation process leads to a crossover from power law to sub-logarithmic cluster growth at a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephan M. Dammer , Dietrich E. Wolf

Scalar particles are a common prediction of many beyond the Standard Model theories. If they are light and cold enough, there is a possibility they may form Bose-Einstein condensates, which will then become gravitationally bound. These…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2016-10-19 Eric Cotner

The goal of these lecture notes is to present in a unified way various models for the dynamics of aligning self-propelled rigid bodies at different scales and the links between them. The models and methods are inspired from [12,13], but, in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-17 Pierre Degond , Amic Frouvelle , Sara Merino-Aceituno , Ariane Trescases

In this paper we complete the program initiated by the first and second authors and rigorously derive a Boltzmann-type equation that incorporates higher order collisions among gas particles. More precisely, starting from a finite…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-11 Ioakeim Ampatzoglou , Nataša Pavlović , William Warner

We numerically explore the behavior of repelling and aligning self-propelled polar particles (boids) in 2D enclosed by a damped flexible and elastic loop-shaped boundary. We observe disordered, polar ordered (or jammed) and circulating…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2020-06-24 A. C. Quillen , J. P. Smucker , A. Peshkov

A Self Consistent Field Theory description of equilibrium, but non uniform, configurations adopted by semi flexible liquid crystal molecules is presented. Two cases are considered, isotropic-nematic phase boundaries, and topological defects…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-03 Longyu Qing , Jorge Viñals

We introduce a one-dimensional stochastic system where particles perform independent diffusions and interact through pairwise coagulation events, which occur at a nontrivial rate upon collision. Under appropriate conditions on the diffusion…

Probability · Mathematics 2010-09-30 Inés Armendáriz

We study the spatio-temporal dynamics of a model of polar active fluid in two dimensions. The system exhibits a transition from an isotropic to a polarized state as a function of density. The uniform polarized state is, however, unstable…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2011-12-08 Luca Giomi , M. Cristina Marchetti

It is shown that the Schr\"{o}dinger nonrelativistic equation of a system of interacting particles is not a rigorously nonrelativistic equation since it is based on the implicit assumption of finiteness of the interaction propagation…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-06 M. V. Kuzmenko

We consider collective dynamics of self-propelling particles in two dimensions. They can align themselves according to the direction of propulsion of their neighbours, together with a random perturbation (i.e. rotational fluctuation). They…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-04-01 Shubhashis Rana , Md. Samsuzzaman , Arnab Saha