Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-6-2016
Publication Title
New Journal of Physics
Department
Thayer School of Engineering
Abstract
To understand the collective behaviors of biological swarms, flocks, and colonies, we investigated the non-equilibrium dynamic patterns of self-propelled particle systems using statistical mechanics methods and H-stability analysis of Hamiltonian systems. By varying the individual vision range, we observed phase transitions between four phases, i.e., gas, crystal, liquid, and mill-liquid coexistence patterns. In addition, by varying the inter-particle force, we detected three distinct milling sub-phases, i.e., ring, annulus, and disk. Based on the coherent analysis for collective motions, one may predict the stability and adjust the morphology of the phases of self-propelled particles, which has promising potential applications in natural self-propelled particles and artificial multi-agent systems.
DOI
10.1088/1367-2630/18/10/103005
Dartmouth Digital Commons Citation
Cheng, Zhao; Chen, Zhiyong; Vicsek, Tamás; and Chen, Duxin, "Pattern Phase Transitions of Self-Propelled Particles: Gases, Crystals, Liquids, and Mills" (2016). Dartmouth Scholarship. 1891.
https://digitalcommons.dartmouth.edu/facoa/1891