Large-Scale Collective Properties of Self-Propelled Rods
Large-Scale Collective Properties of Self-Propelled Rods
We study, in two space dimensions, the large-scale properties of collections of constant-speed polar point particles interacting locally by nematic alignment in the presence of noise. This minimal approach to self-propelled rods allows one to deal with large numbers of particles, revealing a phenomenology previously unseen in more complicated models, …