Self-organization in two-dimensional swarms

Details Self-organization in two-dimensional swarms Self-organization in two-dimensional swarms

2011-03-13

arxiv.org/abs/1103.2551v1

Physical Review E 81, 066106 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Statistical Mechanics

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.81.066106

We undertake a systematic numerical exploration of self-organized states in a deterministic model of interacting self-propelled particles in two dimensions. In the process, we identify various types of collective motion, namely, disordered swarms, rings, and droplets. We construct a "phase diagram," which summarizes our results as it delineates phase transitions ?all discontinuous? between disordered swarms and vortical flocks on one hand and bound vortical flocks and expanding formations on the other. One of the transition lines is found to have a close analogy with the temperature-driven gas-liquid transition, in finite clusters with the same interparticle potential. Furthermore, we report on a type of flocking which takes place in the presence of a uniform external driver. Altogether, our results set a rather firm stage for experimental refinement and/or falsification of this class of models.

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