Enhanced Long Wavelength Mermin-Wagner Fluctuations in Active Crystals and Glasses

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Main Authors: Dey, Subhodeep, Bhattacharya, Antik, Karmakar, Smarajit
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author Dey, Subhodeep
Bhattacharya, Antik
Karmakar, Smarajit
author_facet Dey, Subhodeep
Bhattacharya, Antik
Karmakar, Smarajit
contents In two-dimensions (2D), the Mermin-Wagner-Hohenberg (MWH) fluctuation plays a significant role, giving rise to striking dimensionality effects marked by long-range density fluctuations leading to the singularities of various dynamical properties. According to the MWH theorem, a 2D equilibrium system with continuous degrees of freedom cannot achieve long-range crystalline order at non-zero temperatures. Recently, MWH fluctuations have been observed in glass-forming liquids, evidenced by the logarithmic divergence in the plateau value of mean squared displacement (MSD). Our research investigates long-wavelength fluctuations in crystalline and glassy systems influenced by non-equilibrium active noises. Active systems serve as a minimal model for understanding diverse non-equilibrium dynamics, such as those in biological systems and self-propelled colloids. We demonstrate that fluctuations from active forces can strongly couple with long-wavelength density fluctuations, altering the lower critical dimension ($d_l$) from $2$ to $3$ and leading to a novel logarithmic divergence of the MSD plateau with system size in 3D.
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spellingShingle Enhanced Long Wavelength Mermin-Wagner Fluctuations in Active Crystals and Glasses
Dey, Subhodeep
Bhattacharya, Antik
Karmakar, Smarajit
Soft Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
In two-dimensions (2D), the Mermin-Wagner-Hohenberg (MWH) fluctuation plays a significant role, giving rise to striking dimensionality effects marked by long-range density fluctuations leading to the singularities of various dynamical properties. According to the MWH theorem, a 2D equilibrium system with continuous degrees of freedom cannot achieve long-range crystalline order at non-zero temperatures. Recently, MWH fluctuations have been observed in glass-forming liquids, evidenced by the logarithmic divergence in the plateau value of mean squared displacement (MSD). Our research investigates long-wavelength fluctuations in crystalline and glassy systems influenced by non-equilibrium active noises. Active systems serve as a minimal model for understanding diverse non-equilibrium dynamics, such as those in biological systems and self-propelled colloids. We demonstrate that fluctuations from active forces can strongly couple with long-wavelength density fluctuations, altering the lower critical dimension ($d_l$) from $2$ to $3$ and leading to a novel logarithmic divergence of the MSD plateau with system size in 3D.
title Enhanced Long Wavelength Mermin-Wagner Fluctuations in Active Crystals and Glasses
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.10625