Nonequilibrium statistical mechanics of self-propelled hard rods

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2010/04/P04019zbMATH Open1504.82039arXiv1002.3831MaRDI QIDQ3301156FDOQ3301156

Authors: Aparna Baskaran, M. Cristina Marchetti 

Publication date: 11 August 2020

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Using tools of nonequilibirum mechanics, we study a model of self-propelled hard rods on a substrate in two dimensions to quantify the interplay of self-propulsion and excluded-volume effects. We derive of a Smoluchowski equation for the configurational probability density of self-propelled rods that contains several modifications as compared to the familiar Smoluchowski equation for thermal rods. As a side-product of our work, we also present a purely dynamical derivation of the Onsager form of the mean field excluded volume interaction among thermal hard rods.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1002.3831

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Kinetic theory of gases in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C40) Stochastic methods (Fokker-Planck, Langevin, etc.) applied to problems in time-dependent statistical mechanics (82C31)

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