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Stochasticity is a defining feature of the pairwise forces governing interactions in biological systems-from molecular motors to cell-cell adhesion-yet its consequences on large-scale dynamics remain poorly understood. Here, we show that…

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The dynamics of quasi-stationary states of long-range interacting systems with $N$ particles can be described by kinetic equations such as the Balescu-Lenard and Landau equations. In the case of one-dimensional homogeneous systems, two-body…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-09 C. R. Lourenço , T. M. Rocha Filho

The conditions under which stochastic systems of infinitely many interacting particles can maintain sufficient spatial order to move coherently along a time-periodic orbit, thereby breaking the time-translation invariance of the underlying…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-26 Jonas Köppl

Multiple interactions of quarks and gluons in high-energy heavy-ion collisions may give rise to interesting phemomena of color charges propagating in high-density QCD matter. We study the dynamics of multi-parton systems produced in…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2009-10-31 Dinesh K. Srivastava , Klaus Geiger

Non-reciprocal interactions are a defining feature of many complex systems, biological, ecological, and technological, often pushing them far from equilibrium and enabling rich dynamical responses. These asymmetries can arise at multiple…

Biological Physics · Physics 2026-02-17 Anna Poggialini , Serena Di Santo , Pablo Villegas , Andrea Gabrielli , Miguel A. Muñoz

In the present work, we address a class of Cahn-Hilliard equations characterized by a nonlinear diffusive dynamics and possibly containing an additional sixth order term. This model describes the separation properties of oil-water mixtures,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-06-26 Giulio Schimperna , Irena Pawlow

We investigate the Cahn-Hilliard equation with nonlinear diffusion and non-degenerate mobility modeling phase separation phenomena in complex systems (e.g., crystals and polymers). Previous results in the literature on this model relied on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-10 Monica Conti , Stefania Gatti , Andrea Giorgini , Giulio Schimperna

We present initial results regarding the existence, stability and interaction of linear and nonlinear vibrational modes in a system of two coupled, one dimensional lattices with unequal numbers of masses. The effects on these nonlinear…

Biological Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Kyle Forinash

This paper is concerned with non-cooperative parabolic reaction--diffusion systems which share structural similarities with the scalar Fisher--KPP equation. In a previous paper, we established that these systems admit traveling wave…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-11-29 Léo Girardin

We show that the combined action of diffraction and convection (walk-off) in wave mixing processes leads to a nonlinear-symmetry-breaking in the generated traveling waves. The dynamics near to threshold is reduced to a Ginzburg-Landau…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2009-11-11 Roberta Zambrini , Maxi San Miguel , Celine Durniak , Majid Taki

We propose that maximal depth, partially massless, higher spin excitations can mediate charged matter interactions in a de Sitter universe. The proposal is motivated by similarities between these theories and their traditional Maxwell…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Deser , A. Waldron

Systems of identical particles possessing non-local interactions are capable of exhibiting extra-classical properties beyond the characteristic quantum length scales. This letter derives the dynamics of such systems in the non-relativistic…

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics · Physics 2020-03-24 Erik W Lentz , Thomas R Quinn , Leslie J Rosenberg

The coarsening dynamics at late times in phase-separating systems lead to universally hyperuniform patterns. This is well known for scalar field theories, such as the Cahn-Hilliard equation, but has also been shown for dry scalar active…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-11-27 Nadia Bihari Padhan , Axel Voigt

Active matter, encompassing natural systems, converts surrounding energy to sustain autonomous motion, exhibiting unique non-equilibrium behaviors such as active turbulence and phase separation. In this study, we develop a continuum…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-05-06 Sohail Ahmed , Zixiang Lin , Zijie Qu

We perform computer simulations of a Cahn-Hilliard model of phase separation which has dynamical asymmetry between the two coexisting phases. The dynamical asymmetry is incorporated by considering a mobility function which is order…

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We study a driven system in which interaction between particles causes their directional, coupled movement. In that model system, two particles move alternatingly in time on two coupled chains. Without interaction, both particles diffuse…

Computational Physics · Physics 2023-08-10 Helena Drüeke , Dieter Bauer

We use Langevin dynamics simulations to study dynamical behaviour of a dense planar layer of active semi-flexible filaments. Using the strength of active force and the thermal persistence length as parameters, we map a detailed phase…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-02-21 K. R. Prathyusha , Silke Henkes , Rastko Sknepnek

Recent results demonstrate how deviations from equilibrium fluctuation--dissipation theorem can be quantified for active field theories by deriving exact fluctuations dissipation relations that involve the entropy production [M. K. Johnsrud…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-29 Martin Kjøllesdal Johnsrud , Ramin Golestanian

We introduce a model of chemically active particles of a multi-component fluid that can change their interactions with other particles depending on their state. Since such switching of interactions can only be maintained by the input of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-05-01 Dino Osmanovic , Yitzhak Rabin

Non-reciprocal interactions play a key role in shaping transport in active and passive systems, giving rise to striking nonequilibrium behavior. Here, we study the dynamics of a tracer -- active or passive -- embedded in a bath of active or…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-08 Subhajit Paul , Debasish Chaudhuri