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An active Brownian particle is a minimal model for a self-propelled colloid in a dissipative environment. Experiments and simulations show that, in the presence of boundaries and obstacles, active Brownian particle systems approach…

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In this paper we consider three classes of interacting particle systems on $\mathbb Z$: independent random walks, the exclusion process, and the inclusion process. We allow particles to switch their jump rate (the rate identifies the type…

A system of identical particles interacting through an isotropic potential that allows for two preferred interparticle distances is numerically studied. When the parameters of the interaction potential are adequately chosen, the system…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-10-31 E. A. Jagla

We study the problem of homogenization for inertial particles moving in a periodic velocity field, and subject to molecular diffusion. We show that, under appropriate assumptions on the velocity field, the large scale, long time behavior of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 G. A. Pavliotis , A. M. Stuart

We consider a $N$-particle interacting particle system with the vision geometrical constraints and reflected noises, proposed as a model for collective behavior of individuals. We rigorously derive a continuity-type of mean-field equation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-12 Young-Pil Choi , Samir Salem

In systems with overdamped dynamics, the Lorentz force reduces the diffusivity of a Brownian particle in the plane perpendicular to the magnetic field. The anisotropy in diffusion implies that the Fokker-Planck equation for the probabiliy…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-01 Iman Abdoli , Hidde Derk Vuijk , Rene Wittmann , Jens-Uwe Sommer , Joseph Michael Brader , Abhinav Sharma

We study the problem of homogenization for inertial particles moving in a time dependent random velocity field and subject to molecular diffusion. We show that, under appropriate assumptions on the velocity field, the large--scale,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 G. A. Pavliotis , A. M. Stuart , K. C. Zygalakis

Experiments have shown that self-propelled particles can slide along the surface of a circular obstacle without becoming trapped over long times. Using simulations and theory, we study the impact of boundary conditions on the diffusive…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Theresa Jakuszeit , Ottavio A. Croze , Samuel Bell

The aggregation of particles in the free molecular regime is determined approximately for situations with a high degree of translational energy equilibration. The mean particle sizes develop linearly in time. Scaling relations are used to…

Atomic and Molecular Clusters · Physics 2024-01-10 Klavs Hansen

For interacting particle systems that satisfies the gradient condition, the hydrodynamic limit and the equilibrium fluctuations are well known. We prove that under the presence of a symmetric random environment, these scaling limits also…

Probability · Mathematics 2009-04-24 P. Goncalves , M. D. Jara

Random walks and Lorentz processes serve as fundamental models for Brownian motion. The study of random walks is a favorite object of probability theory, whereas that of Lorentz processes belongs to the theory of hyperbolic dynamical…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-01-03 Domokos Szasz

A new computational method is presented for study suspensions of charged soft particles undergoing fluctuating hydrodynamic and electrostatic interactions. The proposed model is appropriate for polymers, proteins and porous particles…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-04-14 Juan P. Hernandez-Ortiz , Juan J. de Pablo

The present paper is devoted to the study of a simple model of interacting electrons in a random background. In a large interval $\Lambda$, we consider $n$ one dimensional particles whose evolution is driven by the Luttinger-Sy model, i.e.,…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-08-26 Frédéric Klopp , Nikolaj Veniaminov

A microscopic, stochastic, minimal model for collective and cohesive motion of identical self-propelled particles is introduced. Even though the particles interact strictly locally in a very noisy manner, we show that cohesion can be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-01-05 Guillaume Gregoire , Hugues Chate , Yuhai Tu

Utilizing a paradigmatic model for the motion of interacting self-propelled particles, we demonstrate that local accelerations at the level of individual particles can drive transitions between different collective dynamics, leading to a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-01-30 Everton S. Medeiros , Ulrike Feudel

We investigate the long time behavior of a passive particle evolving in a one-dimensional diffusive random environment, with diffusion constant $D$. We consider two cases: (a) The particle is pulled forward by a small external constant…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-04-16 François Huveneers

Micron-sized particles moving through solution in response to self-generated chemical gradients serve as model systems for studying active matter. Their far-reaching potential applications will require the particles to sense and respond to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2016-03-09 W. E. Uspal , M. N. Popescu , S. Dietrich , M. Tasinkevych

We study the diffusion of a tracer particle driven out-of-equilibrium by an external force and traveling in a dense environment of arbitrary density. The system evolves on a discrete lattice and its stochastic dynamics is described by a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-05-23 Pierre Illien , Olivier Bénichou , Gleb Oshanin , Alessandro Sarracino , Raphaël Voituriez

Microscopic swimming particles, which dissipate energy to execute persistent directed motion, are a classic example of a non-equilibrium system. We investigate the non-interacting Ornstein--Uhlenbeck Particle (OUP), which is propelled…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-04-09 Cato Sandford , Alexander Y. Grosberg , Jean-François Joanny