Active Inhomogeneous Mode-Coupling Theory (aIMCT) for Dense Systems of Self-Propelled Particles

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Main Authors: Kolya, Soumitra, Pareek, Puneet, Nandi, Saroj Kumar
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author Kolya, Soumitra
Pareek, Puneet
Nandi, Saroj Kumar
author_facet Kolya, Soumitra
Pareek, Puneet
Nandi, Saroj Kumar
contents Glassy dynamics in a dense system of active particles with self-propulsion force $f_0$ and persistence time $τ_p$ are crucial for many biological processes. Recent studies have shown that, unlike relaxation dynamics, dynamic heterogeneity (DH) in active glasses exhibits nontrivial behavior. However, the mechanism by which activity affects DH remains unknown. We have developed an active inhomogeneous mode-coupling theory (aIMCT) for DH in active glasses. We show that the nontrivial behavior of DH comes from a novel nonequilibrium effect of activity that leads to distinct behaviors of DH and relaxation dynamics in active glasses. When activity is small, DH exhibits equilibrium-like behavior with a power-law divergence of the peak height of the four-point correlation function, $χ_C^\text{peak}$, and the aIMCT value of the exponent, $μ\simeq 1.0$, is consistent with the existing and our new simulations of active glasses. However, $χ_C^\text{peak}$ deviates from the scaling relations at higher $f_0$ values because of the novel effect on DH, although the deviation with varying $τ_p$ is relatively weak.
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spellingShingle Active Inhomogeneous Mode-Coupling Theory (aIMCT) for Dense Systems of Self-Propelled Particles
Kolya, Soumitra
Pareek, Puneet
Nandi, Saroj Kumar
Soft Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
Glassy dynamics in a dense system of active particles with self-propulsion force $f_0$ and persistence time $τ_p$ are crucial for many biological processes. Recent studies have shown that, unlike relaxation dynamics, dynamic heterogeneity (DH) in active glasses exhibits nontrivial behavior. However, the mechanism by which activity affects DH remains unknown. We have developed an active inhomogeneous mode-coupling theory (aIMCT) for DH in active glasses. We show that the nontrivial behavior of DH comes from a novel nonequilibrium effect of activity that leads to distinct behaviors of DH and relaxation dynamics in active glasses. When activity is small, DH exhibits equilibrium-like behavior with a power-law divergence of the peak height of the four-point correlation function, $χ_C^\text{peak}$, and the aIMCT value of the exponent, $μ\simeq 1.0$, is consistent with the existing and our new simulations of active glasses. However, $χ_C^\text{peak}$ deviates from the scaling relations at higher $f_0$ values because of the novel effect on DH, although the deviation with varying $τ_p$ is relatively weak.
title Active Inhomogeneous Mode-Coupling Theory (aIMCT) for Dense Systems of Self-Propelled Particles
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Disordered Systems and Neural Networks
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.15928