Large-scale collective properties of self-propelled rods

Details Large-scale collective properties of self-propelled rods Large-scale collective properties of self-propelled rods

2009-11-10

arxiv.org/abs/0911.1924v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett

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We study, in two space dimensions, the large-scale properties of collections of constant-speed polar point particles interacting locally by nematic alignment in the presence of noise. This minimal approach to self-propelled rods allows one to deal with large numbers of particles, revealing a phenomenology previously unseen in more complicated models, and moreover distinctively different from both that of the purely polar case (e.g. the Vicsek model) and of active nematics.

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