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We investigate the stochastic dynamics of an active particle moving at a constant speed under the influence of a fluctuating torque. In our model the angular velocity is generated by a constant torque and random fluctuations described as a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-01-04 Joerg Noetel , Igor M. Sokolov , Lutz Schimansky-Geier

Driven non-equilibrium lattice models have wide-ranging applications in contexts such as mass transport, traffic flow, and transport in biological systems. In this work, we investigate the steady-state properties of a one-dimensional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-16 Swastik Majumder , Mustansir Barma

Many biological activities are induced by cellular chemical reactions of diffusing reactants. The dynamics of such systems can be captured by stochastic reaction networks. A recent numerical study has shown that diffusion can significantly…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-01-18 Tan Van Vu , Yoshihiko Hasegawa

The recently established connection between stochastic thermodynamics and fluctuating hydrodynamics is applied to a study of efficiencies in the coupled transport of heat and matter on a small scale. A stochastic model for a mesoscopic cell…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-04-01 Jean-François Derivaux , Yannick De Decker

We study the stochastic motion of active particles that undergo spontaneous transitions between two distinct modes of motion. Each mode is characterized by a velocity distribution and an arbitrary (anti-)persistence. We present an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-07-07 M. Reza Shaebani , Heiko Rieger , Zeinab Sadjadi

We study dynamical behaviors of one-dimensional stochastic lattice gases with repulsive interactions whose span can be arbitrary large. We endow the system with a zero-temperature dynamics, so that the hops to empty sites which would have…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-06-15 P. L. Krapivsky

Propulsion of otherwise passive objects is achieved by mechanisms of active driving. We concentrate on cases in which the direction of active drive is subject to spontaneous symmetry breaking. In our case, this direction will be maintained,…

Biological Physics · Physics 2022-07-08 Andreas M. Menzel

In a reaction-diffusion system, fluctuations in both diffusion and reaction events, have important effects on the steady-state statistics of the system. Here, we argue through extensive lattice simulations, mean-field type arguments, and…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-06-12 Fernando Peruani , Chiu Fan Lee

Tracking of individual particle and studying their motion serves as a direct means to understand the dynamics in crowded and complex environments. In this study, the dynamics of tracer particles in the matrix of dense soft-colloidal…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2023-06-28 Jimpaul Samukcham , Lenin S. Shagolsem

We investigate the influence of a self-propelling, out-of-equilibrium active particle on generalized elastic systems, including flexible and semiflexible polymers, fluid membranes, and fluctuating interfaces, while accounting for…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2024-01-25 Alessandro Taloni

Motivated by a general principle governing regulation mechanisms in biological cells, we investigate a general interaction scheme between different populations of particles and specific particles, referred to as agents. Assuming that each…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-10-10 Vincent Fromion , Philippe Robert , Jana Zaherddine

When very small particles are suspended in a fluid in motion, they tend to follow the flow. How such tracer particles are mixed, transported, and dispersed by turbulent flow has been successfully described by statistical models. Heavy…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-12-21 J. Bec , K. Gustavsson , B. Mehlig

This paper provides an introduction to some stochastic models of lattice gases out of equilibrium and a discussion of results of various kinds obtained in recent years. Although these models are different in their microscopic features, a…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-12-18 L. Bertini , A. De Sole , D. Gabrielli , G. Jona--Lasinio , C. Landim

We introduce and analyze a model for the transport of particles or energy in extended lattice systems. The dynamics of the model acts on a discrete phase space at discrete times but has nonetheless some of the characteristic properties of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-12 Raphael Lefevere

Natural phenomena frequently involve a very large number of interacting molecules moving in confined regions of space. Cellular transport by motor proteins is an example of such collective behavior. We derive a deterministic compartmental…

Subcellular Processes · Quantitative Biology 2017-11-01 Yoram Zarai , Michael Margaliot , Anatoly B. Kolomeisky

Experiments have shown that self-propelled particles can slide along the surface of a circular obstacle without becoming trapped over long times. Using simulations and theory, we study the impact of boundary conditions on the diffusive…

Biological Physics · Physics 2019-01-30 Theresa Jakuszeit , Ottavio A. Croze , Samuel Bell

Nonreciprocal interactions are known to produce distinctive dynamics in active matter. To shed light on how the stationary state of such systems is affected by breaking reciprocity, we consider active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck particles coupled…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-10-16 Matthew Du , Andriy Goychuk , Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

Trail interactions occur when past particle trajectories bias future motion, rendering the system out of thermodynamic equilibrium. While such systems are abundant in nature, their understanding is limited to the single-particle level or…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-12-04 Paul Pineau , Samuel Bell , Raphaël Voituriez , Ram M. Adar

We investigate the influence of a stochastically fluctuating step-barrier potential on bimolecular reaction rates by exact analytical theory and stochastic simulations. We demonstrate that the system exhibits a new resonant reaction…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2016-03-23 Jakob J. Kolb , Stefano Angioletti-Uberti , Joachim Dzubiella

Diffusive transport of particles or, more generally, small objects is a ubiquitous feature of physical and chemical reaction systems. In configurations containing confining walls or constrictions transport is controlled both by the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-01-22 P. Sekhar Burada , Peter Hanggi , Fabio Marchesoni , Gerhard Schmid , Peter Talkner