Condensation and Synchronization in Aligning Chiral Active Matter

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Auteurs principaux: Wang, Yujia, Ventéjou, Bruno, Chaté, Hugues, Shi, Xia-qing
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author Wang, Yujia
Ventéjou, Bruno
Chaté, Hugues
Shi, Xia-qing
author_facet Wang, Yujia
Ventéjou, Bruno
Chaté, Hugues
Shi, Xia-qing
contents We show that spontaneous density segregation in dense systems of aligning circle swimmers is a condensation phenomenon at odds with the phase separation scenarios usually observed in two-dimensional active matter. The condensates, which take the form of vortices or rotating polar packets, can absorb a finite fraction of the particles in the system, and keep a finite or slowly growing size as their mass increases. Our results are obtained both at particle and continuous levels. We consider both ferromagnetic and nematic alignment, and both identical and disordered chiralities. Condensation implies synchronization, even though our systems are in 2D and bear strictly local interactions. We propose a phenomenological theory based on observed mechanisms that accounts qualitatively for our results.
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spellingShingle Condensation and Synchronization in Aligning Chiral Active Matter
Wang, Yujia
Ventéjou, Bruno
Chaté, Hugues
Shi, Xia-qing
Soft Condensed Matter
We show that spontaneous density segregation in dense systems of aligning circle swimmers is a condensation phenomenon at odds with the phase separation scenarios usually observed in two-dimensional active matter. The condensates, which take the form of vortices or rotating polar packets, can absorb a finite fraction of the particles in the system, and keep a finite or slowly growing size as their mass increases. Our results are obtained both at particle and continuous levels. We consider both ferromagnetic and nematic alignment, and both identical and disordered chiralities. Condensation implies synchronization, even though our systems are in 2D and bear strictly local interactions. We propose a phenomenological theory based on observed mechanisms that accounts qualitatively for our results.
title Condensation and Synchronization in Aligning Chiral Active Matter
topic Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.00458