Circular swimming motility and disordered hyperuniform state in an algae system

Abstract

Active matter comprises individually driven units that convert locally stored energy into mechanical motion. Interactions between driven units lead to a variety of non-equilibrium collective phenomena in active matter. One of such phenomena is anomalously large density fluctuations, which have been observed in both experiments and theories. Here we show that, on the contrary, density fluctuations in active matter can also be greatly suppressed. Our experiments are carried out with marine algae ($Effreniumvoratum$) which swim in circles at the air-liquid interfaces with two different eukaryotic flagella. Cell swimming generates fluid flow which leads to effective repulsions between cells in the far field. Long-range nature of such repulsive interactions suppresses density fluctuations and generates disordered hyperuniform states under a wide range of density conditions. Emergence of hyperuniformity and associated scaling exponent are quantitatively reproduced in a numerical model whose main ingredients are effective hydrodynamic interactions and uncorrelated random cell motion. Our results demonstrate a new form of collective state in active matter and suggest the possibility to use hydrodynamic flow for self-assembly in active matter.

5 figures, 9 pages

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