Critical phenomenon of the order-disorder transition in incompressible active fluids
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Author(s)
Chen, L
Toner, J
Lee, CF
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
We study incompressible systems of motile particles with alignment interactions. Unlike their compressible counterparts, in which the order-disorder (i.e., moving to static) transition, tuned by either noise or number density, is discontinuous, in incompressible systems this transition can be continuous, and belongs to a new universality class. We calculate the critical exponents to $\mathcal{O}(\epsilon )$ in an $\epsilon =4-d$ expansion, and derive two exact scaling relations. This is the first analytic treatment of a phase transition in a new universality class in an active system.
Date Issued
2015-04-02
Date Acceptance
2015-03-09
Citation
New Journal of Physics, 2015, 17
ISSN
1367-2630
Publisher
IOP Publishing
Journal / Book Title
New Journal of Physics
Volume
17
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Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
active matter
phase transition
incompressible fluids
active fluids
LONG-RANGE ORDER
DIPOLAR INTERACTIONS
CRITICAL EXPONENTS
CRITICAL BEHAVIOR
4 DIMENSIONS
POLAR GELS
XY-MODEL
MOTION
FLOCKS
HYDRODYNAMICS
Fluids & Plasmas
02 Physical Sciences
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
042002