53 citations · 100 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
3 papers
cond-mat.soft2020★ 1 cited
A Field-Theoretic Model for Chemotaxis in Run and Tumble Particles
Purba Chatterjee, Nigel Goldenfeld
In this paper we develop a field-theoretic description for run and tumble chemotaxis, based on a density functional description of crystalline materials modified to capture orienta…
q-bio.GN2005★ 46 cited
Global divergence of microbial genome sequences mediated by propagating fronts
Kalin Vetsigian, Nigel Goldenfeld
We model the competition between recombination and point mutation in microbial genomes, and present evidence for two distinct phases, one uniform, the other genetically diverse. De…
cond-mat1994★ 53 cited
Analogies between Scaling in Turbulence, Field Theory and Critical Phenomena
Gregory Eyink, Nigel Goldenfeld
We discuss two distinct analogies between turbulence and field theory. In one analogue, the field theory has an infrared attractive renormalization-group fixed point and correspond…