Emergence of Collective Motion in a Model of Interacting Brownian Particles.
By studying a system of Brownian particles that interact among themselves only through a local velocity-alignment force that does not affect their speed, we show that self-propulsion is not a necessary feature for the flocking transition to take place as long as underdamped particle dynamics can be guaranteed. Moreover, the system transits from stationary phases close to thermal equilibrium, with no net flux of particles, to far-from-equilibrium ones exhibiting collective motion, phase coexistence, long-range order, and giant number fluctuations, features typically associated with ordered phases of models where self-propelled particles with overdamped dynamics are considered.
CIDS-Instituto de Ciencias, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Av. San Claudio esq. 14 Sur, Edif. 103D, Puebla, Pue. 72570, Mexico.|Instituto de Física, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Apdo. Postal J-48, Puebla, Puebla 72570, Mexico.|Consortium of the Americas for Interdisciplinary Science, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.
Victor
V
Dossetti
Instituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Apdo. Postal 20-364, 01000 México D.F., Mexico.
Francisco J
FJ
Sevilla
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D004058:Diffusion; D008954:Models, Biological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009038:Motion