On the emergence of collective order in swarming systems: a recent debate

DOI10.1142/S0217979209053552MaRDI QIDQ3401835zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

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Publication date 1 February 2010

Published in International Journal of Modern Physics B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0907.3434

zbMATH Keywords

collective motionphase transitionself-propelled particlesswarming

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamic and nonequilibrium phase transitions (general) in statistical mechanics (82C26) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

Abstract: In this work we consider the phase transition from ordered to disordered states that occur in the Vicsek model of self-propelled particles. This model was proposed to describe the emergence of collective order in swarming systems. When noise is added to the motion of the particles, the onset of collective order occurs through a dynamical phase transition. Based on their numerical results, Vicsek and his colleagues originally concluded that this phase transition was of second order (continuous). However, recent numerical evidence seems to indicate that the phase transition might be of first order (discontinuous), thus challenging Vicsek's original results. In this work we review the evidence supporting both aspects of this debate. We also show new numerical results indicating that the apparent discontinuity of the phase transition may in fact be a numerical artifact produced by the artificial periodicity of the boundary conditions.

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