Network structure formation in pulsating particle populations.
Pattern formations in populations of "pulsating particles" which can autonomously vary their volumes were investigated. It was found that clusters of pulsating particles whose pulsation frequencies depend on the number of other particles in the vicinity form the following dynamical network structures: (i) void type networks exhibiting large voids, and (ii) branching type networks consisting of individual branches. Such global structures are formed through the annihilation and creation of local structures in the particle populations induced by tug-of-war-like interactions among them.
Awazu
Akinori
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Department of Mathematical and Life Sciences, Hiroshima University, Kagami-yama 1-3-1, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan.