5 papers
Finite-Time Optimal Control by Noisy Traps
Luca Cocconi, Henry Alston, Thibault Bertrand
The optimal control of passive systems in equilibrium typically favours quasistatic (infinite-time) protocols. We show that a breakdown of quasistatic optimality occurs when the co…
Controlling the Glass Transition through Active Fluctuating Interactions
Emir Sezik, Henry Alston, Thibault Bertrand
Fluctuating pairwise interactions are understood to drive fluid-like states in dense biological systems. These states find a broad range of functionalities, such as directing growt…
Stochastic Forces Enhance Tracer Diffusion in Non-motile Active Matter
Henry Alston, Raphael Voituriez, Thibault Bertrand
Stochasticity is a defining feature of the pairwise forces governing interactions in biological systems-from molecular motors to cell-cell adhesion-yet its consequences on large-sc…
Conditional splitting probabilities for hidden-state inference in drift-diffusive processes
Emir Sezik, Jacob Knight, Henry Alston +4
Splitting probabilities quantify the likelihood of particular outcomes out of a set of mutually-exclusive possibilities for stochastic processes and play a central role in first-pa…
Nested Stochastic Resetting: Nonequilibrium Steady-states and Exact Correlations
Henry Alston, Callum Britton, Thibault Bertrand
Stochastic resetting breaks detailed balance and drives the formation of nonequilibrium steady states . Here, we consider a chain of diffusive processes that interact unil…