Static Structure of Active Brownian Hard Disks
arXiv:1712.08937 · doi:10.1088/1361-648X/aaa3bf
Abstract
We explore the changes in static structure of a two-dimensional system of active Brownian particles (ABP) with hard-disk interactions, using event-driven Brownian dynamics simulations. In particular, the effect of the self-propulsion velocity and the rotational diffusivity on the orientationally-averaged fluid structure factor is discussed. Typically activity increases structural ordering and generates a structure factor peak at zero wave vector which is a precursor of motility-induced phase separation. Our results provide reference data to test future statistical theories for the fluid structure of active Brownian systems.
Published in Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. This is the pre-review version
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