Self-propelled Vicsek particles at low speed and low density

We study through numerical simulation the Vicsek model for very low speeds and densities. We consider scalar noise in two and three dimensions and vector noise in three dimensions. We focus on the behavior of the critical noise with density and speed, trying to clarify seemingly contradictory earlie...

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Autores: Rubio Puzzo, María Leticia, De Virgiliis, Andrés, Grigera, Tomás Sebastián
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:Argentina
Institución:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/125522
Acceso en línea:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/125522
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Física
Physics
Statistical physics
Critical point (thermodynamics)
Active matter
Exponent
Low density
Low speed
Scalar (physics)
Computer simulation
Power law
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Sumario:We study through numerical simulation the Vicsek model for very low speeds and densities. We consider scalar noise in two and three dimensions and vector noise in three dimensions. We focus on the behavior of the critical noise with density and speed, trying to clarify seemingly contradictory earlier results. We find that, for scalar noise, the critical noise is a power law in both density and speed, but although we confirm the density exponent in two dimensions, we find a speed exponent different from earlier reports (we consider lower speeds than previous studies). On the other hand, for the vector noise case we find that the dependence of the critical noise cannot be separated as a product of power laws in speed and density. Finally, we study the dependence of the relaxation time with speed. At the critical point we find a power law, with the same exponent in two and three dimensions.