Consequence of anisotropy on flocking: the discretized Vicsek model
arXiv:2312.15525 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/ad3ea7
Abstract
We numerically study a discretized Vicsek model (DVM) with particles orienting in possible orientations in two dimensions. The study probes the significance of anisotropic orientation and microscopic interaction on the macroscopic behavior. The DVM is an off-lattice flocking model like the active clock model [ACM; EPL {\bf 138}, 41001 (2022)] but the dynamical rules of particle alignment and movement are inspired by the prototypical Vicsek model (VM). The DVM shows qualitatively similar properties as the ACM for intermediate noise strength where a transition from macrophase to microphase separation of the coexistence region is observed as is increased. But for small and noise strength, the liquid phase appearing in the ACM at low temperatures is replaced in the DVM by a configuration of multiple clusters with different polarization which does not exhibit any long-range order. We find that the dynamical rules have a profound influence on the overarching features of the flocking phase. We further identify the metastability of the ordered liquid phase subjected to a perturbation.
15 pages, 19 figures
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