Hydrodynamics of Active Lévy Matter
arXiv:1903.07565
Abstract
Collective motion is often modeled within the framework of active fluids, where the constituent active particles, when interactions with other particles are switched off, perform normal diffusion at long times. However, in biology, single-particle superdiffusion and fat-tailed displacement statistics are also widespread. The collective properties of interacting systems exhibiting such anomalous diffusive dynamics, which we call active Lévy matter, cannot be captured by current active fluid theories. Here, we formulate a hydrodynamic theory of active Lévy matter by coarse-graining a microscopic model of aligning polar active particles that perform superdiffusion akin to Lévy flights. Applying a linear stability analysis on the hydrodynamic equations at the onset of collective motion, we find that, in contrast to its conventional counterpart, the order-disorder transition can become critical. We then estimate the corresponding critical exponents by finite size scaling analysis of numerical simulations. Our work highlights the novel physics in active matter that integrates both anomalous diffusive motility and inter-particle interactions.
arXiv comment6 pages of Main Text and 3 figures. Revised version of the manuscript
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