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To identify first-order phase transitions in the dynamical process similar to the relativistic heavy-ion collisions, we investigate the dynamical behaviors of the first-order phase transition criterion in the Fokker-Planck framework. In the…

Nuclear Theory · Physics 2025-09-03 Lijia Jiang , Fei Gao , Yu-xin Liu

We study a set of models of self-propelled particles that achieve collective motion through similar alignment-based dynamics, considering versions with and without repulsive interactions that do not affect the heading directions. We explore…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-10-27 Yinong Zhao , Thomas Ihle , Zhangang Han , Cristián Huepe , Pawel Romanczuk

Particle-like topologies, such as vortex-antivortex (V-AV) pairs, have garnered significant attention in the field of condensed matter. However, the detailed phase transition dynamics of V-AV pairs, as exemplified by self-annihilation,…

We discuss an open driven-dissipative many-body system, in which the competition of unitary Hamiltonian and dissipative Liouvillian dynamics leads to a nonequilibrium phase transition. It shares features of a quantum phase transition in…

Quantum Gases · Physics 2010-08-06 Sebastian Diehl , Andrea Tomadin , Andrea Micheli , Rosario Fazio , Peter Zoller

While the existence of polar ordered states in active systems is well established, the dynamics of the self-assembly processes are still elusive. We study a lattice gas model of self-propelled elongated particles interacting through…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-02-11 Christoph. A. Weber , Volker Schaller , Andreas R. Bausch , Erwin Frey

As phenomena that necessarily emerge from the collective behavior of interacting particles, phase transitions continue to be difficult to predict using statistical thermodynamics. A recent proposal called the topological hypothesis suggests…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-06-08 O. B. Ericok , J. K. Mason

The phase behavior of helical packings of thermoresponsive microspheres inside glass capillaries is studied as a function of volume fraction. Stable packings with long-range orientational order appear to evolve abruptly to disordered states…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2010-04-14 Matthew A. Lohr , Ahmed M. Alsayed , Bryan G. Chen , Zexin Zhang , Randall D. Kamien , Arjun G. Yodh

We investigate the ground-state properties and quantum phase transitions of an ensemble consisting of $N$ four-level atoms within an optical cavity coupled to the single cavity mode and external laser fields. The system is described by an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-08-20 Jinling Lian , Ran Huang , Chao Gao , Lixian Yu , Qi-Feng Liang , Wu-Ming Liu

Motivated by recent experiments on colloidal suspensions, we study analytically and numerically a microscopic model for self-propelled particles lacking alignment interactions. In this model, even for purely repulsive interactions, a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-09-10 Julian Bialké , Hartmut Löwen , Thomas Speck

The phase transition in the Vicsek model is widely believed to be associated with spontaneous symmetry breaking of the two-dimensional rotational symmetry $O (2)$. In this paper, we revisit the original Vicsek model introduced in [Phys.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-04-02 Yushin Takahashi , Kota Mitsui , Tsuyoshi Mizohata , Hideyuki Miyahara

We realize experimentally a cold atom system equivalent to the 3D Anderson model of disordered solids where the anisotropy can be controlled by adjusting an experimentally accessible parameter. This allows us to study experimentally the…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2013-06-27 Matthias Lopez , Jean-François Clément , Gabriel Lemarié , Dominique Delande , Pascal Szriftgiser , Jean Claude Garreau

We find a first order transition driven by the strength of non-equilibrium conditions of one-dimensional driven open condensates. Associated with this transition is a new stable non-equilibrium phase, space-time vortex turbulence, whose…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-03-01 Liang He , Lukas M. Sieberer , Sebastian Diehl

We investigate, using Monte Carlo simulations, the phase diagram of a system of hard rectangles of size $m\times mk$ on a square lattice when the aspect ratio $k$ is a non-integer. The existence of a disordered isotropic phase, a nematic…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2015-05-29 Joyjit Kundu , R. Rajesh

Self-propelled particles can navigate complex environments, including viscous fluid interfaces with curved geometries. In this work, we study the emergent dynamics of a suspension of self-propelled particles confined to a stationary curved…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2026-04-17 Yuzhu Chen , Vishal P. Patil , David Saintillan

We study a discrete-space model of active matter with excluded volume. Particles are restricted to the sites of a triangular lattice, and can assume one of three orientations. Varying the density and noise intensity, Monte Carlo simulations…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-07-03 Tiago Venzel Rosembach , Ana Luiza Novaes Dias , Ronald Dickman

We investigate a novel variant of the exclusion process in which particles perform asymmetric nearest-neighbor jumps across a bond \((k, k+1)\) only if the preceding site \((k-1)\) is unoccupied. This next-nearest-neighbor constraint…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-19 Gunter Schutz , Ali Zahra

We generalize the Vicsek model to describe the collective behaviour of polar circle swimmers with local alignment interactions. While the phase transition leading to collective motion in 2D (flocking) occurs at the same interaction to noise…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-08-09 Benno Liebchen , Demian Levis

We examine metastable and transient effects both above and below the first-order disorder driven decoupling line in a 3D simulation of magnetically interacting pancake vortices. We observe pronounced transient and history effects as well as…

Superconductivity · Physics 2009-05-15 C. J. Olson , C. Reichhardt , R. T. Scalettar , G. T. Zimanyi , N. Gronbech-Jensen

We introduce a kinetic Monte-Carlo model for self-propelled hard disks to capture with minimal ingredients the interplay between thermal fluctuations, excluded volume and self-propulsion in large assemblies of active particles. We analyze…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2014-07-16 Demian Levis , Ludovic Berthier

One standard approach to describe the collective behaviour of self-propelled particles is the Vicsek model: point-like self-propelled particles tend to align their migration directions to the ones of their nearer neighbours at each…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2013-11-27 Andreas M. Menzel