Exact hydrodynamics and onset of phase separation for an active exclusion process
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Mason, James https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3396-766X
Erignoux, Clément https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4316-6022
Jack, Robert L. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0086-4573
Bruna, Maria https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7829-5652
Abstract
We consider a lattice model of active matter with exclusion and derive its hydrodynamic description exactly. The hydrodynamic limit leads to an integro-differential equation for the density of particles with a given orientation. Volume exclusion results in nonlinear mobility dependent on spatial density. Such models of active matter can support motility-induced phase separation, which occurs despite the absence of attractive interactions. We study the onset of phase separation with linear stability analysis and numerical simulations.
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Peer reviewed: True
Publication status: Published
Funder: Cantab Capital Institute for the Mathematics of Information of the University of Cambridge
Keywords
active matter, self-propelled particles, exclusion process, hydrodynamic limit, linear stability analysis, phase separation
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Proceedings of the Royal Society A
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1364-5021
1471-2946
1471-2946
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479
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The Royal Society
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Royal Society (RGF/EA/181043, URF/R1/180040)