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View SchemaMean-field analysis of a dynamical phase transition in a cellular automaton model for collective motion
| Authors | H. J. Bussemaker, A. Deutsch, E. Geigant |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/9706008 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/9706008 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.78.5018 |
| Journal | Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 5018-5021 (1997) |
Abstract
A cellular automaton model is presented for random walkers with biologically motivated interactions favoring local alignment and leading to collective motion or swarming behavior. The degree of alignment is controlled by a sensitivity parameter, and a dynamical phase transition exhibiting spontaneous breaking of rotational symmetry occurs at a critical parameter value. The model is analyzed using nonequilibrium mean field theory: Dispersion relations for the critical modes are derived, and a phase diagram is constructed. Mean field predictions for the two critical exponents describing the phase transition as a function of sensitivity and density are obtained analytically.
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