Mechanical analysis of a dynamical phase transition for particles in a channel

We analyze biased ensembles of trajectories for a two-dimensional system of particles, evolving by Langevin dynamics in a channel geometry. This bias controls the degree of particle clustering. On biasing to large clustering, we observe a dynamical phase transition where the particles break symmetry...

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Main Authors: Jakub Dolezal, Robert L. Jack
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2022-08-01
Series:Physical Review Research
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.4.033134