Local entropy production rate of run-and-tumble particles
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| author | Paoluzzi, Matteo Puglisi, Andrea Angelani, Luca |
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| contents | We study the local entropy production rate and the local entropy flow in active systems composed of non-interacting run-and-tumble particles in a thermal bath. After providing generic time-dependend expressions, we focus on the stationary regime. Remarkably, in this regime the two entropies are equal and depend only on the distribution function and its spatial derivatives. We discuss in details two case studies, relevant to real situations. First, we analyze the case of space dependent speed,describing photokinetic bacteria, cosidering two different shapes of the speed, piecewise constant and sinusoidal. Finally, we investigate the case of external force fields, focusing on harmonic and linear potentials, which allow analytical treatment. In all investigated cases, we compare exact and approximated analytical results with numerical simulations. |
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| spellingShingle | Local entropy production rate of run-and-tumble particles Paoluzzi, Matteo Puglisi, Andrea Angelani, Luca Statistical Mechanics Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics We study the local entropy production rate and the local entropy flow in active systems composed of non-interacting run-and-tumble particles in a thermal bath. After providing generic time-dependend expressions, we focus on the stationary regime. Remarkably, in this regime the two entropies are equal and depend only on the distribution function and its spatial derivatives. We discuss in details two case studies, relevant to real situations. First, we analyze the case of space dependent speed,describing photokinetic bacteria, cosidering two different shapes of the speed, piecewise constant and sinusoidal. Finally, we investigate the case of external force fields, focusing on harmonic and linear potentials, which allow analytical treatment. In all investigated cases, we compare exact and approximated analytical results with numerical simulations. |
| title | Local entropy production rate of run-and-tumble particles |
| topic | Statistical Mechanics Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.03615 |