Density-Independent transient caging in the high-density phase of motility-induced phase separation

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Main Authors: Umemura, Toranosuke, Sakai, Issei, Akimoto, Takuma
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author Umemura, Toranosuke
Sakai, Issei
Akimoto, Takuma
author_facet Umemura, Toranosuke
Sakai, Issei
Akimoto, Takuma
contents We investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of active matter using a two-dimensional active Brownian particles model. In these systems, self-propelled particles undergo motility-induced phase separation (MIPS), spontaneously segregating into dense and dilute phases. We find that in the high-density phase, local particle mobility exhibits transient caging, with diffusivity remaining unchanged despite variations in the global system density. As global density increases further, the system undergoes a transition to a solid-like state through an intermediate regime with pronounced dynamical arrest. Our findings identify a distinct high-density regime characterized by transient caging and dynamical slowing down in a monodisperse active system, shedding new light on the connection between MIPS and nonequilibrium arrest.
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spellingShingle Density-Independent transient caging in the high-density phase of motility-induced phase separation
Umemura, Toranosuke
Sakai, Issei
Akimoto, Takuma
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
We investigate the nonequilibrium dynamics of active matter using a two-dimensional active Brownian particles model. In these systems, self-propelled particles undergo motility-induced phase separation (MIPS), spontaneously segregating into dense and dilute phases. We find that in the high-density phase, local particle mobility exhibits transient caging, with diffusivity remaining unchanged despite variations in the global system density. As global density increases further, the system undergoes a transition to a solid-like state through an intermediate regime with pronounced dynamical arrest. Our findings identify a distinct high-density regime characterized by transient caging and dynamical slowing down in a monodisperse active system, shedding new light on the connection between MIPS and nonequilibrium arrest.
title Density-Independent transient caging in the high-density phase of motility-induced phase separation
topic Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.13140