title: Deformable self-propelled particles.
abstract: A theory of self-propelled particles is developed in such a way that the particles can be deformed from a circular shape when the propagating velocity is finite. A coupled set of equations in terms of the velocity and a tensor variable is introduced to represent the motion of a deformed particle. It is shown that there is a bifurcation from a straight motion to a circular motion by increasing the propagating velocity. The dynamics of assembly of the particles is studied numerically in two dimensions imposing a global interaction such that the elongated particles tend to undergo an orientational order.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan. takao@scphys.kyoto-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohta
authors.forename: Takahiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ohkuma