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In this paper, we prove the existence of classical solutions for second order stationary mean-field game systems. These arise in ergodic (mean-field) optimal control, convex degenerate problems in calculus of variations, and in the study of…

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We study inherently chiral self-propelled particles, self-rotating at a fixed frequency, in two dimensions, subjected to nematic alignment interactions and rotational noise. By means of both, homogeneous and spatially resolved mean field…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-07-19 Rüdiger Kürsten , Demian Levis

We investigate the statistical behavior of a system comprising fore-aft symmetric rods confined between two vertically vibrating plates using numerical simulations closely resembling the experimental setup studied by Narayan et al., Science…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-08-20 Abhishek Sharma , Harsh Soni

Self-propelled particles with alignment, displaying ordered collective motions such as swarming, can be investigated by the well-known Vicsek model. However, challenges still remain regarding the nature of the associated phase transition.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-11-12 Ruizhe Yan , Jie Su , Jin Wang

Recently, dynamical mean field theory calculations have shown that kinks emerge in the real part of the self energy of strongly correlated metals close to the Fermi level. This gives rise to a similar behavior in the quasi-particle…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2013-02-13 A. Kainz , A. Toschi , R. Peters , K. Held

The behavior of active matter under confinement poses significant challenges due to the intricate coupling between dynamics near boundaries and those in the bulk. A defining feature of active matter systems is that a substantial portion of…

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The mean-field theory of Kinetically-Constrained-Models is developed by considering the Fredrickson-Andersen model on the Bethe lattice. Using certain properties of the dynamics observed in actual numerical experiments we derive asymptotic…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2025-01-20 Gianmarco Perrupato , Tommaso Rizzo

In this paper, we model the configurations of a system of hard rods by viewing each rod in a cell formed by its neighbors. By minimizing the free energy in the model and performing molecular dynamics, where, in both cases, the shape of the…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-09-17 Jamie M. Taylor , Thomas G. Fai , Epifanio G. Virga , Xiaoyu Zheng , Peter Palffy-Muhoray

The phase behavior of a melt of monodisperse rod-coil diblocks is studied. We derive a Landau free energy functional for both a compositional and a nematic order parameter. The excluded volume interaction between the rod blocks is modeled…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Manuel Reenders , Gerrit ten Brinke

Starting from a minimal physical model of self propelled hard rods on a substrate in two dimensions, we derive a modified Smoluchowski equation for the system. Self -propulsion enhances longitudinal diffusion and modifies the mean field…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-13 Aparna Baskaran , M. Cristina Marchetti

Non-motile elongated bacteria confined in two-dimensional open micro-channels can exhibit collective motion and form dense monolayers with nematic order if the cells proliferate, i.e., grow and divide. Using soft molecular dynamics…

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We study the long-time behaviour of a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation, which models the evolution of rigid polymers in a given flow, after a closure approximation. The aim of this work is twofold: first, we propose a microscopic derivation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-07-20 Lingbing He , Claude Le Bris , Tony Lelièvre

Pattern formation in uniaxial polymeric liquid crystals is studied for different dynamic closure approximations. Using the principles of mesoscopic non-equilibrium thermodynamics in a mean-field approach, we derive a Fokker-Planck equation…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-05 Humberto Hijar , Diego Marquina de Hoyos , Ivan Santamaria-Holek

The problems of high linear conductivity in an electric field, as well as nonlinear conductivity, are considered for plasma-like systems. First, we recall several observations of nonlinear fast charge transport in dusty plasma, molecular…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2015-06-23 S. A. Trigger , W. Ebeling , G. J. F. van Heijst , D. Litinski

A mean-field approach (MFA) is proposed for the analysis of orientational order in a two-dimensional system of stochastic self-propelled particles interacting by local velocity alignment mechanism. The treatment is applied to the cases of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-13 Fernando Peruani , Andreas Deutsch , Markus Baer

Self-propelled particles with anti-aligning interactions generally do not form a polar order. However, in this Letter, we show that when multiple types of such particles coexist and interact through aligning interactions between different…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-08 Takahiro Oki , Tetsuhiro S. Hatakeyama , Seiya Nishikawa , Shuji Ishihara , Toshinori Namba

We investigate the pressureless fractional Euler-alignment system with nonlinear velocity couplings, referred to as the $p$-Euler-alignment system. This model features a nonlinear velocity alignment force, interpreted as a density-weighted…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Young-Pil Choi , Michał Fabisiak , Jan Peszek

Starting from a microscopic model for a system of neurons evolving in time which individually follow a stochastic integrate-and-fire type model, we study a mean-field limit of the system. Our model is described by a system of SDEs with…

Probability · Mathematics 2018-02-05 Franco Flandoli , Enrico Priola , Giovanni Zanco

In this paper, we present an innovative particle system characterized by moderate interactions, designed to accurately approximate kinetic flocking models that incorporate singular interaction forces and local alignment mechanisms. We…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-04-23 Jinhuan Wang , Keyu Li , Hui Huang

We consider the hydrodynamic theory of an active fluid of self-propelled particles with nematic aligning interactions. This class of materials has polar symmetry at the microscopic level, but forms macrostates of nematic symmetry. We…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2012-04-17 Aparna Baskaran , M. Cristina Marchetti