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Recent experiments with self-phoretic particles at low concentrations show a pronounced dynamic clustering [I. Theurkauff \emph{et al.}, Phys.\ Rev.\ Lett.\ \textbf{108}, 268303 (2012)]. We model this situation by taking into account the…

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Off-lattice active Brownian particles form clusters and undergo phase separation even in the absence of attractions or velocity-alignment mechanisms. Arguments that explain this phenomenon appeal only to the ability of particles to move…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-05-28 Stephen Whitelam , Katherine Klymko , Dibyendu Mandal

Active particle systems are a class of non-equilibrium systems composed of self-propelled Brownian particles; through interactions between particles within the system, a variety of intriguing collective behaviors can emerge. Based on…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-09-25 Sihang Guo , Guangyu Yang , Guoqing Meng , Yingying Wang , Junxing Pan , Jinjun Zhang

We consider a continuum model for motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) of active Brownian particles [J. Chem. Phys. 142, 224149 (2015)]. Using a recently introduced perturbative analysis [Phys. Rev. E 98, 020604(R) (2018)], we show that…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2019-07-02 Lisa Rapp , Fabian Bergmann , Walter Zimmermann

Self-propelled active matter can exhibit vastly different behavior than systems with purely Brownian motion. In Eur. Phys. J. E 40, 23 (2017), Zeitz, Wolf, and Stark compared an active matter particle with a Brownian particle moving in a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-06 C. Reichhardt , C. J. O. Reichhardt

We derive a mode-coupling theory (MCT) to describe the dynamics of tracer particles in dense systems of active Brownian particles (ABPs) in two spatial dimensions. The ABP undergo translational and rotational Brownian dynamics, and are…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-11-03 Julian Reichert , Suvendu Mandal , Thomas Voigtmann

We study the appearance and properties of cluster crystals (solids in which the unit cell is occupied by a cluster of particles) in a two-dimensional system of self-propelled active Brownian particles with repulsive interactions.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-09-06 Jean-Baptiste Delfau , Cristóbal López , Emilio Hernández-García

In equilibrium, the collective behaviour of particles interacting via steep, short-ranged potentials is well captured by the virial expansion of the free energy at low density. Here, we extend this approach beyond equilibrium to the case of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-06-21 Yuting Irene Li , Rosalba Garcia-Millan , Michael E. Cates , Étienne Fodor

We study the two-dimensional motion of an active Brownian particle of speed $v_0$, with intermittent directional reversals in the presence of a harmonic trap of strength $\mu$. The presence of the trap ensures that the position of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-09-14 Ion Santra , Urna Basu , Sanjib Sabhapandit

To explore the coupling between a growing population of microorganisms such as E. coli and a nonuniform nutrient distribution, we formulate a minimalistic model. It consists of active Brownian particles that divide and grow at a…

Biological Physics · Physics 2024-01-11 Till Welker , Holger Stark

We investigate motility-induced phase separation of active Brownian particles, which are modeled as purely repulsive spheres that move due to a constant swim force with freely diffusing orientation. We develop on the basis of power…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-11-13 Sophie Hermann , Philip Krinninger , Daniel de las Heras , Matthias Schmidt

Self-propelled particles include both self-phoretic synthetic colloids and various micro-organisms. By continually consuming energy, they bypass the laws of equilibrium thermodynamics. These laws enforce the Boltzmann distribution in…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-04-15 Michael E. Cates , Julien Tailleur

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…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-01-17 Caleb G. Wagner , Michael F. Hagan , Aparna Baskaran

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

Using Brownian dynamics (BD) simulations we investigate the self-organization of a monolayer of chiral active particles with dipolar interactions. Each particle is driven by both, translational and rotational self-propulsion, and carries a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-07-13 Guo-Jun Liao , Sabine H. L. Klapp

We extend our previous model, avalanche-burst invasion percolation (AIP) by introducing long-range correlations between sites described by fractional Brownian statistics. In our previous models with independent, random site strengths, we…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-01-29 Ronaldo A. Ortez , John B. Rundle

We study the kinetics of two-temperature induced phase separation (2-TIPS) in dilute binary mixtures of active ("hot") and passive ("cold") particles using molecular dynamics simulations and a coarse-grained hydrodynamic model. Following a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-12-23 Nayana Venkatareddy , Partha Sarathi Mondal , Shradha Mishra , Prabal K. Maiti

As a rough model for the collective motions of cells and organisms we develop here the statistical mechanics of swarms of self-propelled particles. Our approach is closely related to the recently developed theory of active Brownian motion…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Werner Ebeling , Udo Erdmann

We propose a one-dimensional model of active particles interpolating between quorum sensing models used in the study of motility-induced phase separation (MIPS) and models of congestion of traffic flow on a single-lane highway. Particles…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-08 Eric Bertin , Alexandre Solon

We present an exact analytical study of an Active Brownian Particle (ABP) subject to both position and orientation stochastic resetting in a two-dimensional harmonic trap. Utilizing a Fokker-Planck-based renewal approach, we derive the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-08-21 Amir Shee