Exact moments and re-entrant transitions in the inertial dynamics of active Brownian particles

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Auteurs principaux: Patel, Manish, Chaudhuri, Debasish
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author Patel, Manish
Chaudhuri, Debasish
author_facet Patel, Manish
Chaudhuri, Debasish
contents In this study, we investigate the behavior of free inertial Active Brownian Particles (ABP) in the presence of thermal noise. While finding a closed-form solution for the joint distribution of positions, orientations, and velocities using the Fokker-Planck equation is generally challenging, we utilize a Laplace transform method to obtain the exact temporal evolution of all dynamical moments in arbitrary dimensions. Our expressions in $d$ dimensions reveal that inertia significantly impacts steady-state kinetic temperature and swim pressure while leaving the late-time diffusivity unchanged. Notably, as a function of activity and inertia, the steady-state velocity distribution exhibits a remarkable re-entrant crossover from passive Gaussian to active non-Gaussian behaviors. We construct a corresponding phase diagram using the exact expression of the $d$-dimensional kurtosis. Our analytic expressions describe steady states and offer insights into time-dependent crossovers observed in moments of velocity and displacement. Our calculations can be extended to predict up to second-order moments for run-and-tumble particles (RTP) and the active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process (AOUP). Additionally, the kurtosis shows differences from AOUP.
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spellingShingle Exact moments and re-entrant transitions in the inertial dynamics of active Brownian particles
Patel, Manish
Chaudhuri, Debasish
Statistical Mechanics
Soft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
In this study, we investigate the behavior of free inertial Active Brownian Particles (ABP) in the presence of thermal noise. While finding a closed-form solution for the joint distribution of positions, orientations, and velocities using the Fokker-Planck equation is generally challenging, we utilize a Laplace transform method to obtain the exact temporal evolution of all dynamical moments in arbitrary dimensions. Our expressions in $d$ dimensions reveal that inertia significantly impacts steady-state kinetic temperature and swim pressure while leaving the late-time diffusivity unchanged. Notably, as a function of activity and inertia, the steady-state velocity distribution exhibits a remarkable re-entrant crossover from passive Gaussian to active non-Gaussian behaviors. We construct a corresponding phase diagram using the exact expression of the $d$-dimensional kurtosis. Our analytic expressions describe steady states and offer insights into time-dependent crossovers observed in moments of velocity and displacement. Our calculations can be extended to predict up to second-order moments for run-and-tumble particles (RTP) and the active Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process (AOUP). Additionally, the kurtosis shows differences from AOUP.
title Exact moments and re-entrant transitions in the inertial dynamics of active Brownian particles
topic Statistical Mechanics
Soft Condensed Matter
Biological Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.00802