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We consider a one-dimensional run-and-tumble particle (RTP) confined by an external potential and coupled to a thermal reservoir. Starting from the corresponding Fokker-Planck equation, we derive an explicit expression for the local entropy…

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A quantitative model of the mobility of functionalized particles at the interface is pivotal to understanding important systems in biology and nanotechnology. In this work, we investigate the emerging dynamics of particles anchored through…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-06-19 Janna Lowensohn , Laurie Stevens , Daniel Goldstein , Bortolo Matteo Mognetti

We study the random walk of a particle in a compartmentalized environment, as realized in biological samples or solid state compounds. Each compartment is characterized by its length $L$ and the boundaries transmittance $T$. We identify two…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-03-12 Gorka Muñoz-Gil , Miguel Angel García-March , Carlo Manzo , Alessio Celi , Maciej Lewenstein

We formulate a finite-particle method of mass transport that accounts for general mixed boundary conditions. The particle method couples a geometrically-exact treatment of advection; Wasserstein gradient-flow dynamics; and a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-03-05 Anna Pandolfi , Ignacio Romero , Michael Ortiz

We consider active Brownian particles that intermittently switch between active and inactive states. Such behavior is ubiquitous at all scales, from bacteria to animals and in artificial active systems. We derive exact expressions for key…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-24 Fernando Peruani , Debasish Chaudhuri

A binary fluid mixture in contact with lateral particle reservoirs is considered. By imposing different particle concentrations in these reservoirs, the system can be maintained under controlled non-equilibrium conditions. Previous…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-01 O. Politano , Alejandro L. Garcia , F. Baras , M. Malek Mansour

A system reservoir model, where the associated reservoir is modulated by an external colored random force, is proposed to study the transport of an overdamped Brownian particle in a periodic potential. We then derive the analytical…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-01-01 Jyotipratim Ray Chaudhuri , Suman Kumar Banik , Sudip Chattopadhyay , Pinaki Chaudhury

We show theoretically that an imposed uniaxial anisotropy leads to new universality classes for the dynamics of active particles suspended in a viscous fluid. In the homogeneous state, their concentration relaxes superdiffusively, stirred…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-26 Lokrshi Prawar Dadhichi , Suvendra K. Sahoo , K. Vijay Kumar , Sriram Ramaswamy

We consider a run-and-tumble particle whose speed and tumbling rate are space-dependent on an infinite line. Unlike most of the previous work on such models, here we make the physical assumption that at large distances, these rates saturate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-12-10 Kavita Jain , Sakuntala Chatterjee

This work presents a general unifying theoretical framework for quantum non-equilibrium systems. It is based on a re-statement of the dynamical problem as one of inferring the distribution of collision events that move a system toward…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-03-30 David M. Rogers

We consider self-propelled particles undergoing run-and-tumble dynamics (as exhibited by E. coli) in one dimension. Building on previous analyses at drift-diffusion level for the one-particle density, we add both interactions and noise,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-08-14 J. Tailleur , M. E. Cates

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

We consider a generic system operating under non-equilibrium conditions. Explicitly, we consider an inertial classical Brownian particle dwelling a periodic structure with a spatially broken reflection symmetry. The particle is coupled to a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2020-07-15 P. Hänggi , J. Łuczka , J. Spiechowicz

A consistent description of simultaneous heat and particle transport, including cross effects, and the associated entropy balance is given in the framework of a deterministic dynamical system. This is achieved by a multibaker map where,…

chao-dyn · Physics 2009-10-31 Laszlo Matyas , Tamas Tel , Jurgen Vollmer

In a recent paper the mean square displacement (MSD), <R^2(T)>, of a particle carried by a turbulent liquid over time T has been shown to be proportional to T^6/5, meaning that the motion of the particle is slightly super-diffusive. In some…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2008-08-21 S. F. Edwards , Moshe Schwartz

Boundary driven diffusive systems describe a broad range of transport phenomena. We study large deviations of the density profile in these systems, using numerical and analytical methods. We find that the large deviation may be…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-10-07 Guy Bunin , Yariv Kafri , Daniel Podolsky

Unlike equilibrium systems, active matter is not governed by the conventional laws of thermodynamics. Through a series of analytic calculations and Langevin dynamics simulations, we explore how systems cross over from equilibrium to active…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2018-03-28 Ayhan Duzgun , Jonathan V. Selinger

While run-and-tumble particles are a foundational model for self-propelled particles as bacteria or Janus particles, the analytical derivation of their steady state from the microscopic details is still an open problem. By directly modeling…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-03-07 Leo Hahn , Arnaud Guillin , Manon Michel

We study the transport properties of a system of active particles moving at constant speed in an heterogeneous two-dimensional space. The spatial heterogeneity is modeled by a random distribution of obstacles, which the active particles…

Biological Physics · Physics 2013-10-23 Oleksandr Chepizhko , Fernando Peruani