Thermodynamically Consistent Coarse-graining: from Interacting Particles to Fields via Second Quantization

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Main Authors: Mohite, Atul Tanaji, Rieger, Heiko
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Published: 2025
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author Mohite, Atul Tanaji
Rieger, Heiko
author_facet Mohite, Atul Tanaji
Rieger, Heiko
contents We systematically derive an exact coarse-grained description for interacting particles with thermodynamically consistent stochastic dynamics, applicable across different observation scales, the mesoscopic and the macroscopic. We implement the coarse-graining procedure using the Doi-Peliti field theory, which preserves microscopic noise effects on the meso/macro scale. The exact mapping reveals the key role played by Poissonian particle occupancy statistics. We show the implications of the exact coarse-graining method using a prototypical flocking model, namely the active Ising model, which exhibits a mismatch between the microscopic and macroscopic mean-field coarse-grained descriptions. Our analysis shows that the high- and low-density regimes are governed by two different coarse-grained equations. In the low-density regime, noise effects play a prominent role, leading to a first-order phase transition. In contrast, the second-order phase transition occurs in the high-density regime. Due to the exact coarse-graining methods, our framework also opens up applicability to systematically analyze noise-induced phase transitions in other models of reciprocally and non-reciprocally interacting particles.
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spellingShingle Thermodynamically Consistent Coarse-graining: from Interacting Particles to Fields via Second Quantization
Mohite, Atul Tanaji
Rieger, Heiko
Statistical Mechanics
Soft Condensed Matter
We systematically derive an exact coarse-grained description for interacting particles with thermodynamically consistent stochastic dynamics, applicable across different observation scales, the mesoscopic and the macroscopic. We implement the coarse-graining procedure using the Doi-Peliti field theory, which preserves microscopic noise effects on the meso/macro scale. The exact mapping reveals the key role played by Poissonian particle occupancy statistics. We show the implications of the exact coarse-graining method using a prototypical flocking model, namely the active Ising model, which exhibits a mismatch between the microscopic and macroscopic mean-field coarse-grained descriptions. Our analysis shows that the high- and low-density regimes are governed by two different coarse-grained equations. In the low-density regime, noise effects play a prominent role, leading to a first-order phase transition. In contrast, the second-order phase transition occurs in the high-density regime. Due to the exact coarse-graining methods, our framework also opens up applicability to systematically analyze noise-induced phase transitions in other models of reciprocally and non-reciprocally interacting particles.
title Thermodynamically Consistent Coarse-graining: from Interacting Particles to Fields via Second Quantization
topic Statistical Mechanics
Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.11430