Scattering of low-Reynolds-number swimmers.

We describe the consequences of time-reversal invariance of the Stokes equations for the hydrodynamic scattering of two low-Reynolds-number swimmers. For swimmers that are related to each other by a time-reversal transformation, this leads to the striking result that the angle between the two swimme...

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Main Authors: Alexander, G, Pooley, C, Yeomans, J
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2008