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The extension of thermodynamic principles to active matter remains a challenge due to the non-equilibrium nature inherent to active systems. In this study, we introduce a framework to assess entropy in our minimal macroscopic experiment…

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Very recently [Phys. Rev. E 82, 021921 (2010)] a simple mechanism was presented by which a molecule subjected to forced oscillations, out of thermal equilibrium, can maintain quantum entanglement between two of its quantum degrees of…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-16 Gian Giacomo Guerreschi , Jianming Cai , Sandu Popescu , Hans J. Briegel

This work extends the results of the recently developed theory of a rather complete thermodynamic formalism for discrete-state, continuous-time Markov processes with and without detailed balance. We aim at investigating the question that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-05-30 Moises Santillan , Hong Qian

We study how the interplay of dissipation and interactions affects the dynamics of a bosonic many-body quantum system. In the presence of both dissipation and strongly repulsive interactions, observables such as the coherence and the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2012-07-27 Dario Poletti , Jean-Sebastien Bernier , Antoine Georges , Corinna Kollath

Using numerical simulations, we characterized the behavior of an elastic membrane immersed in an active fluid. Our findings reveal a nontrivial folding and re-expansion of the membrane that is controlled by the interplay of its resistance…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-07-24 S. A. Mallory , C. Valeriani , A. Cacciuto

We propose an agent-based model of active flexible rods. Inspired by cytoskeletal flows, we introduce activity by an internal flow that contributes to the dissipative forces. The active force between our agents is central and reciprocal,…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2026-03-06 Mathieu Dedenon , Carles Blanch-Mercader , Karsten Kruse , Jens Elgeti

Within the framework of mode-coupling theory, we present a simple model for describing dense assemblies of active (self-propelled) spherical colloidal particles. For isotropic suspensions, we demonstrate that the glass transition is shifted…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-03-10 T. F. F. Farage , J. M. Brader

In this work we present a discrete model that captures the fundamental properties of additively manufactured solids in a minimal setting. The model is based on simplified kinematics and allows for the onset of incompatible deformations…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-09-26 Davide Renzi , Sonia Marfia , Giuseppe Tomassetti , Giuseppe Zurlo

It is stated in the main in essence new approach to mechanics of the stressed state of the solid body from statistically isotropic material and the homogeneous liquid dynamics. The approach essence is in the detected property of the…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2008-09-25 S. L. Arsenjev

We investigate a kinetic model of a system in contact with several thermal reservoirs at different temperatures $T_\alpha$. Our system is a spatially uniform dilute gas whose internal dynamics is described by the nonlinear Boltzmann…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-06-17 Eric A. Carlen , Joel L. Lebowitz , Clement Mouhot

Thermoacoustic oscillations have been one of the most exciting discoveries of the physics of fluids in the 19th century. Since its inception, scientists have formulated a comprehensive theoretical explanation of the basic phenomenon which…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-06-15 Haitian Hao , Carlo Scalo , Mihir Sen , Fabio Semperlotti

Membraneless droplets or liquid condensates formed via liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) play a pivotal role in cell biology and hold potential for biomedical engineering. While membraneless droplets are often studied in the context of…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-07 Chenxi Liu , Ding Cao , Siyu Liu , Yilin Wu

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

Mobile microscopic bodies, such as motile cells, can be modelled phenomenologically as ``active particles'' which can move against external forces by depleting an internal energy depot. The microscopic mechanisms underlying such ``active''…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-02-01 Diego Marcel Fieguth

Static nonreciprocal forces between particles generically drive persistent motion reminiscent of self-propulsion. Here, we demonstrate that reciprocity-breaking fluctuations about a reciprocal mean coupling strength are sufficient to…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-04-18 Luca Cocconi , Henry Alston , Thibault Bertrand

In this paper we revisit the onset of the instability of the solid state in classical systems within self-consistent phonon theory (SCPT). Spanning the whole phase diagram versus volume and versus pressure, we identify two different kinds…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2011-12-13 G. Rastelli , E. Cappelluti

The study of thermal heat engines was pivotal to establishing the principles of equilibrium thermodynamics, with implications far wider than only engine optimization. For nonequilibrium systems, which by definition dissipate energy even at…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-05-18 Étienne Fodor , Michael E. Cates

The paper concerns the construction of a compressible liquid-vapor relaxation model which is able to capture the metastable states of the non isothermal van der Waals model as well as saturation states. Starting from the Gibbs formalism, we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-01 Hala Ghazi , Francois James , Hélène Mathis

Two generically different but universal dynamical quantum many-body behaviors are discovered by probing the stability of trapped fragmented bosonic systems with strong repulsive finite/long range inter-particle interactions. We use…

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