Collective Motion of Humans in Mosh and Circle Pits at Heavy Metal Concerts
Collective Motion of Humans in Mosh and Circle Pits at Heavy Metal Concerts
Human collective behavior can vary from calm to panicked depending on social context. Using videos publicly available online, we study the highly energized collective motion of attendees at heavy metal concerts. We find these extreme social gatherings generate similarly extreme behaviors: a disordered gaslike state called a mosh pit and …