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Main Authors: Chatterjee, Swarnajit, Mangeat, Matthieu, Woo, Chul-Ung, Rieger, Heiko, Noh, Jae Dong
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Published: 2022
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10494
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author Chatterjee, Swarnajit
Mangeat, Matthieu
Woo, Chul-Ung
Rieger, Heiko
Noh, Jae Dong
author_facet Chatterjee, Swarnajit
Mangeat, Matthieu
Woo, Chul-Ung
Rieger, Heiko
Noh, Jae Dong
contents We consider the two-species Vicsek model (TSVM) consisting of two kinds of self-propelled particles, A and B, that tend to align with particles from the same species and to antialign with the other. The model shows a flocking transition that is reminiscent of the original Vicsek model: it has a liquid-gas phase transition and displays micro-phase-separation in the coexistence region where multiple dense liquid bands propagate in a gaseous background. The interesting features of the TSVM are the existence of two kinds of bands, one composed of mainly A particles and one mainly of B particles, the appearance of two dynamical states in the coexistence region: the PF (parallel flocking) state in which all bands of the two species propagate in the same direction, and the APF (antiparallel flocking) state in which the bands of species A and species B move in opposite directions. When PF and APF states exist in the low-density part of the coexistence region they perform stochastic transitions from one to the other. The system size dependence of the transition frequency and dwell times show a pronounced crossover that is determined by the ratio of the band width and the longitudinal system size. Our work paves the way for studying multispecies flocking models with heterogeneous alignment interactions.
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spellingShingle Flocking of two unfriendly species: The two-species Vicsek model
Chatterjee, Swarnajit
Mangeat, Matthieu
Woo, Chul-Ung
Rieger, Heiko
Noh, Jae Dong
Statistical Mechanics
We consider the two-species Vicsek model (TSVM) consisting of two kinds of self-propelled particles, A and B, that tend to align with particles from the same species and to antialign with the other. The model shows a flocking transition that is reminiscent of the original Vicsek model: it has a liquid-gas phase transition and displays micro-phase-separation in the coexistence region where multiple dense liquid bands propagate in a gaseous background. The interesting features of the TSVM are the existence of two kinds of bands, one composed of mainly A particles and one mainly of B particles, the appearance of two dynamical states in the coexistence region: the PF (parallel flocking) state in which all bands of the two species propagate in the same direction, and the APF (antiparallel flocking) state in which the bands of species A and species B move in opposite directions. When PF and APF states exist in the low-density part of the coexistence region they perform stochastic transitions from one to the other. The system size dependence of the transition frequency and dwell times show a pronounced crossover that is determined by the ratio of the band width and the longitudinal system size. Our work paves the way for studying multispecies flocking models with heterogeneous alignment interactions.
title Flocking of two unfriendly species: The two-species Vicsek model
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10494