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We study the spontaneous configuration transitions of an active semi-flexible polymer between {\it spiral} and {\it non-spiral} states, and show that the configuration dynamics is fully described by a {\it subcritical pitchfork}…

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One-dimensional non-equilibrium models of particles subjected to a coagulation-diffusion process are important in understanding non-equilibrium dynamics, and fluctuation-dissipation relation. We consider in this paper transport properties…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-18 Jean-Yves Fortin

Mesh-like structures, such as mucus gel or cytoskeleton networks, are ubiquitous in biological systems. These intricate structures are composed of cross-linked, semi-flexible bio-filaments, crucial to numerous biological processes. In many…

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Period tripling in driven quantum oscillators reveals unique features absent for linear and parametric drive, but generic for all higher-order resonances. Here, we focus at zero temperature on the relaxation dynamics towards a stationary…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-02-19 Jennifer Gosner , Björn Kubala , Joachim Ankerhold

The physics of critical phenomena in a many-body system far from thermal equilibrium is an interesting and important issue to be addressed both experimentally and theoretically. The trapped cold atoms have been actively used as a clean and…

Atomic Physics · Physics 2017-09-13 Geol Moon , Myoung-Sun Heo , Yonghee Kim , Heung-Ryoul Noh , Wonho Jhe

We introduce a simple model of active transport for an ensemble of particles driven by an external shear flow. Active refers to the fact that the flow of the particles is modified by the distribution of particles itself. The model consists…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2009-11-10 Cristobal Lopez

In this work, we introduce an information-theoretic approach for considering changes in dynamics of finitely dimensional open quantum systems governed by master equations. This experimentally motivated approach arises from considering how…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-05-03 Katarzyna Macieszczak

Based on a system-reservoir model, where the reservoir is driven by an external stationary, Gaussian noise with arbitrary decaying correlation function, we study the escape rate from a metastable state in the energy diffusion regime. For…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Jyotipratim Ray Chaudhuri , Debashis Barik , Suman Kumar Banik

We study a system of non-interacting active particles, propelled by colored noises, characterized by an activity time $\tau$, and confined by a double-well potential. A straightforward application of this system is the problem of barrier…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-01-30 Lorenzo Caprini , Umberto Marini Bettolo Marconi , Andrea Puglisi , Angelo Vulpiani

We experimentally study a gas of $N = 8$ one-dimensional Brownian particles, each confined in a harmonic trap with identical stiffness. The stiffness switches simultaneously between two values at random Poissonian times. This collective…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-08-12 Marco Biroli , Sergio Ciliberto , Manas Kulkarni , Satya N. Majumdar , Artyom Petrosyan , Gregory Schehr

We study the behaviour of catalytically active droplets in multi-component conserved mixtures affected by noise. Working in the thin interface limit, we analytically determine the state diagram of the system, characterized by multiple…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-01 Jacopo Romano , Martin Kjøllesdal Johnsrud , Benoît Mahault , Ramin Golestanian

Microswimmers typically operate in complex environments. In biological systems, often diverse species are simultaneously present and interact with each other. Here, we derive a (time-dependent) particle-scale statistical description, namely…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-08-13 Christian Hoell , Hartmut Löwen , Andreas M. Menzel

Normally, quantum fluctuations enhance the escape from metastable states in the presence of dissipation. Here we show that dissipation can enhance the stability of a quantum metastable system, consisting of a particle moving in a strongly…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-04-10 D. Valenti , L. Magazzù , P. Caldara , B. Spagnolo

We study a particle system with hopping (random walk) dynamics on the integer lattice $\mathbb Z^d$. The particles can exist in two states, active or inactive (sleeping); only the former can hop. The dynamics conserves the number of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-02-22 Ronald Dickman , Leonardo T. Rolla , Vladas Sidoravicius

The nonintegrable Hamiltonian dynamics of particles placed in a symmetric, spatially periodic potential and subjected to a periodically varying field is explored. Such systems can exhibit a rich diversity of unusual transport features. In…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2008-07-10 D. Hennig , L. Schimansky-Geier , P. Hänggi

Advances in experimental techniques enable the precise manipulation of a large variety of active systems, which constantly dissipate energy to sustain nonequilibrium phenomena without any equilibrium equivalent. To design novel materials…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-06-03 Artur Soriani , Elsen Tjhung , Étienne Fodor , Tomer Markovich

In this manuscript we show that a noise-activated escape phenomenon occurs in closed Hamiltonian systems. Due to the energy fluctuations generated by the noise, the isopotential curves open up and the particles can eventually escape in…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2021-11-17 Alexandre R. Nieto , Jesus M. Seoane , Miguel A. F. Sanjuan

Chiral active matter widely exists in nature and emerges rich dynamical behaviors. Among these, chiral active particles (CAPs) with alignment effects show novel collective motions such as orderly rotating droplets and distinct phase…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-25 Dongrun Jian , Jie Su , Jun Wang , Jin Wang

The rate of escape of an ideal bead-spring polymer in a symmetric double-well potential is calculated using transition state theory (TST) and the results compared with direct dynamical simulations. The minimum energy path of the transitions…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-05-25 Harri Mökkönen , Timo Ikonen , Tapio Ala-Nissila , Hannes Jónsson