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Run-and-tumble motion in a harmonic potential: Field theory and entropy production

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Peer-reviewed

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Authors

Garcia-Millan, R 
Pruessner, G 

Abstract

jats:titleAbstract</jats:title> jats:pRun-and-tumble (RnT) motion is an example of active motility where particles move at constant speed and change direction at random times. In this work we study RnT motion with diffusion in a harmonic potential in one dimension via a path integral approach. We derive a Doi-Peliti field theory and use it to calculate the entropy production and other observables in closed form. All our results are exact.</jats:p>

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Keywords

active matter, exact results, self-propelled particles, stochastic particle dynamics

Journal Title

Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment

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Journal ISSN

1742-5468
1742-5468

Volume Title

2021

Publisher

IOP Publishing
Sponsorship
European Research Council (740269)
This work was funded in part by the European Research Council under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Programme, Grant No. 740269.