Vibrated polar disks: spontaneous motion, binary collisions, and collective dynamics

Details Vibrated polar disks: spontaneous motion, binary collisions, and collective dynamics Vibrated polar disks: spontaneous motion, binary collisions, and collective dynamics

2012-01-29

arxiv.org/abs/1201.6021v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

13 pages, 10 figures, 4 movies

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We study the spontaneous motion, binary collisions, and collective dynamics of "polar disks", i.e. purpose-built particles which, when vibrated between two horizontal plates, move coherently along a direction strongly correlated to their intrinsic polarity. The motion of our particles, although nominally three-dimensional and complicated, is well accounted for by a two-dimensional persistent random walk. Their binary collisions are spatiotemporally extended events during which multiple actual collisions happen, yielding a weak average effective alignment. We show that this well-controlled, "dry active matter" system can display collective motion with orientationally-ordered regions of the order of the system size. We provide evidence of strong number density in the most ordered regimes observed. These results are discussed in the light of the limitations of our system, notably those due to the inevitable presence of walls.

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