A continuum model for nematic alignment of self-propelled particles

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DOI10.3934/DCDSB.2017063zbMATH Open1360.35118arXiv1509.03124OpenAlexW2962911316MaRDI QIDQ524082FDOQ524082


Authors: Angelika Manhart, Pierre Degond, H. Yu Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 25 April 2017

Published in: Discrete and Continuous Dynamical Systems. Series B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: A continuum model for a population of self-propelled particles interacting through nematic alignment is derived from an individual-based model. The methodology consists of introducing a hydrodynamic scaling of the corresponding mean-field kinetic equation. The resulting perturbation problem is solved thanks to the concept of generalized collision invariants. It yields a hyperbolic but non-conservative system of equations for the nematic mean direction of the flow and the densities of particles flowing parallel or anti-parallel to this mean direction. Diffusive terms are introduced under a weakly non-local interaction assumption and the diffusion coefficient is proven to be positive. An application to the modeling of myxobacteria is outlined.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1509.03124




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