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A new model that describes adsorption and clustering of particles on a surface is introduced. A {\it clustering} transition is found which separates between a phase of weakly correlated particle distributions and a phase of strongly…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Ofer Biham , Ofer Malcai , Daniel A. Lidar , David Avnir

Active matter is a term encompassing particle-based assemblies with some form of self-propulsion, including certain biological systems as well as synthetic systems such as artificial colloidal swimmers, all of which can exhibit a remarkable…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-04-23 C. Reichhardt , A. Libal , C. J. O. Reichhardt

In this paper, we introduce a one-dimensional model of particles performing independent random walks, where only pairs of particles can produce offspring ("cooperative branching"), and particles that land on an occupied site merge with the…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-05-29 Anja Sturm , Jan M. Swart

The presence of one or more species at some spatial locations but not others is a central matter in ecology. This phenomenon is related to ecological pattern formation. Nonlocal interactions can be considered as one of the mechanisms…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2017-12-29 Ozgur Aydogmus

Biological and robotic systems often operate in confined environments where material must be gathered without centralized control. Inspired by the effective collection strategies of aquatic worms (Lumbriculus variegatus and Tubifex…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-05-09 R. Sinaasappel , K. R. Prathyusha , H. Tuazon , E. Mirzahossein , P. Illien , S. Bhamla , A. Deblais

In this study, we investigate the behaviors and dynamics of self-propelled particles with active reorientation (AR) in a double-well potential. We explore the competition between AR and external potentials, revealing that self-propelled…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-01-26 Lu Chen , Baopi Liu , Ning Liu

Jamming is a phenomenon shared by a wide variety of systems, such as granular materials, foams, and glasses in their high density regime. This has motivated the development of a theoretical framework capable of explaining many of their…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-06-24 Rafael Díaz Hernández Rojas , Giorgio Parisi , Federico Ricci-Tersenghi

Active matter comprised of many self-driven units can exhibit emergent collective behaviors such as pattern formation and phase separation in both biologica and synthetic systems. While these behaviors are increasingly well understood for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-07-27 Syeda Sabrina , Matthew Spellings , Sharon C. Glotzer , Kyle J. M. Bishop

Actively propelled particles undergoing dissipative collisions are known to develop a state of spatially distributed coherently moving clusters. For densities larger than a characteristic value clusters grow in time and form a stationary…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-04-23 Christoph A. Weber , Florian Thüroff , Erwin Frey

Inspired by motile cells in tissue formation, we find that active systems of self-aligning adhesive particles undergo ballistic aggregation through a flocking transition. This kinetic regime emerges when the cluster persistence length grows…

We introduce a simple model of population dynamics which considers birth and death rates for every individual that depend on the number of particles in its neighborhood. The model shows an inhomogeneous quasistationary pattern with many…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-10 Emilio Hernandez-Garcia , Cristobal Lopez

We analyze the pattern formation in systems of active particles with chiral forces in the context of pedestrian dynamics. To describe the interparticle interactions, we use the standard social force model and supplement it with a new type…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-04-30 Anna S. Bodrova , Fatema Al Najim , N. V. Brilliantov

In this paper, we proposed a stochastic model which describes two species of particles moving in counterflow. The model generalizes the theoretical framework describing the transport in random systems since particles can work as mobile…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-08-09 Eduardo Velasco Stock , Roberto da Silva , Henrique Almeida Fernandes

When interacting motile units self-organize into flocks, they realize one of the most robust ordered state found in nature. However, after twenty five years of intense research, the very mechanism controlling the ordering dynamics of both…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-10-04 Amélie Chardac , Ludwig A. Hoffmann , Yoann Poupart , Luca Giomi , Denis Bartolo

The emergence of collective motion, also known as flocking or swarming, in groups of moving individuals who orient themselves using only information from their neighbors is a very general phenomenon that is manifested at multiple spatial…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-04-26 David A. Quint , Ajay Gopinathan

We study a two-lane two-species exclusion process inspired by Lin et al. (C. Lin et al. J. Stat. Mech., 2011), that exhibits a non-equilibrium pulsing phase. Particles move on two parallel one-dimensional tracks, with one open and one…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-03-31 Sarah Klein , Cécile Appert-Rolland , Martin R. Evans

We reveal that the mechanical pulsation of locally synchronised particles is a generic route to propagate deformation waves. We consider a model of dense repulsive particles whose activity drives periodic change in size of each individual.…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-12-12 Yiwei Zhang , Étienne Fodor

We numerically examine the transport of active run-and-tumble particles driven with a drift force over random disordered landscapes comprised of fixed obstacles. For increasing run lengths, the net particle transport initially increases…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2017-12-06 C. Reichhardt , C. J. Olson Reichhardt

Systems containing active components are intrinsically out of equilibrium, while binary mixtures reach their equilibrium configuration when complete phase separation is achieved. Active particles are found to stabilise non-equilibrium…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-03-11 Javier Diaz , Ignacio Pagonabarraga

Active particles under soft confinement such as droplets or vesicles present intriguing phenomena, as collective motion emerges alongside the deformation of the environment. A model is employed to systematically investigate droplet…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-07-25 Javier Diaz , Ignacio Pagonabarraga