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One-dimensional model for chemotaxis with hard-core interactions.

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Peer-reviewed

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Article

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Authors

Ralph, Tertius 
Taylor, Stephen W 

Abstract

In this paper we consider a biased velocity jump process with excluded-volume interactions for chemotaxis, where we account for the size of each particle. Starting with a system of N individual hard rod particles in one dimension, we derive a nonlinear kinetic model using two different approaches. The first approach is a systematic derivation for small occupied fraction of particles based on the method of matched asymptotic expansions. The second approach, based on a compression method that exploits the single-file motion of hard core particles, does not have the limitation of a small occupied fraction but requires constant tumbling rates. We validate our nonlinear model with numerical simulations, comparing its solutions with the corresponding noninteracting linear model as well as stochastic simulations of the underlying particle system.

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Keywords

physics.bio-ph, physics.bio-ph, cond-mat.stat-mech, q-bio.QM

Journal Title

Phys Rev E

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Journal ISSN

2470-0045
2470-0053

Volume Title

101

Publisher

American Physical Society (APS)

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All rights reserved
Sponsorship
Royal Society (URF\R1|180040)
The Royal Society