Physics – Condensed Matter – Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
2006-11-29
J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 30 1375-1385 (1997)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Scientific paper
10.1088/0305-4470/30/5/009
We study a biologically inspired, inherently non-equilibrium model consisting of self-propelled particles. In the model, particles move on a plane with a velocity of constant magnitude; they locally interact with their neighbors by choosing at each time step a velocity direction equal to the average direction of their neighbors. Thus, in the limit of vanishing velocities the model becomes analogous to a Monte-Carlo realization of the classical XY ferromagnet. We show by large-scale numerical simulations that, unlike in the equilibrium XY model, a long-range ordered phase characterized by non-vanishing net flow $\phi$ emerges in this system in a phase space domain bordered by a critical line along which the fluctuations of the order parameter diverge. The corresponding phase diagram as a function of two parameters, the amplitude of noise $\eta$ and the average density of the particles $\varrho$ is calculated and is found to have the form $\eta_c(\varrho)\sim \varrho^{1/2}$. We also find that $\phi$ scales as a function of the external bias $h$ (field or ``wind'') according to a power law $\phi\sim h^{0.9}$. In the ordered phase the system shows long-range correlated fluctuations and $1/f$ noise.
Czirok Andras
Stanley Eugene H.
Vicsek Tamás
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