Critical motility-induced phase separation belongs to the Ising universality class
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Author(s)
Partridge, Benjamin
Lee, Chiu Fan
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
A collection of self-propelled particles with volume exclusion interactions can exhibit the phenomenology of a gas-liquid phase separation, known as motility-induced phase separation (MIPS). The nonequilibrium nature of the system is fundamental to the phase transition; however, it is unclear whether MIPS at criticality contributes a novel universality class to nonequilibrium physics. We demonstrate here that this is not the case by showing that a generic critical MIPS belongs to the Ising universality class with conservative dynamics.
Date Issued
2019-08-09
Date Acceptance
2019-07-02
Citation
Physical Review Letters, 2019, 123 (6), pp.1-6
ISSN
0031-9007
Publisher
American Physical Society
Start Page
1
End Page
6
Journal / Book Title
Physical Review Letters
Volume
123
Issue
6
Copyright Statement
© 2019 American Physical Society.
Identifier
https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.068002
Subjects
Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Physics
TRANSITION
FLUCTUATIONS
PARTICLES
ORDER
MODEL
cond-mat.soft
cond-mat.soft
cond-mat.stat-mech
01 Mathematical Sciences
02 Physical Sciences
09 Engineering
General Physics
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
068002
Date Publish Online
2019-08-06