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ArticleEntropy (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Kinetic Theory of Self-Propelled Particles with Nematic Alignment.

Horst-Holger Boltz, Benjamin Kohler, Thomas Ihle

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors.

Horst-Holger BoltzInstitute for Physics, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0013-5186
Benjamin KohlerInstitute for Physics, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.ORCID 0009-0005-9266-8095
Thomas IhleInstitute for Physics, University of Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany.ORCID 0009-0000-5760-7186

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the results from kinetic theory for a system of self-propelled particles with alignment interactions of higher-order symmetry, particularly nematic ones. To this end, we use the Landau equation approach, a systematic approximation to the BBGKY hierarchy for small effective couplings. Our calculations are presented in a pedagogical way with the explicit goal of serving as a tutorial from a physicists' perspective into applying kinetic theory ideas beyond mean-field to active matter systems with essentially no prerequisites and yield predictions without free parameters that are in quantitative agreement with direct agent-based simulations.

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active nematicsdry active matterkinetic theoryVicsek-like models

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PMID39766683
PMCPMC11675265

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