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Spontaneous stable rotation of flocking flexible active matter

Authors :
Jiang, Gaoxiao
You, Zhihong
Ma, Rui
Wu, Chen-Xu
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

In nature, active matter, such as worms or dogs, tend to spontaneously form a stable rotational cluster when they flock to the same food source on an unregulated and unconfined surface. {In this paper we present an $n$-node flexible active matter model to study the collective motion due to the flocking of individual agents on a two-dimensional surface, and confirm that there exists a spontaneous stable cluster rotation synchronizing with a chirality produced by the alignment of their bodies under the impetus of the active force.} A prefactor of 1.86 is obtained for the linear relationship between normalized angular velocity and chirality. The angular velocity of such a rotation is found to be dependent on the individual flexibility, the number of nodes in each individual, and the magnitude of the active force. The conclusions well explain the spontaneous stable rotation of clusters that exists in many flexible active matter, like worms or {dogs}, when they flock to the same single source.

Details

Database :
arXiv
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsarx.2211.05332
Document Type :
Working Paper