3 papers
physics.bio-ph2026
Irreversibility and symmetry breaking in the creation and annihilation of defects in active living matter
Avraham Beer, Efraim Dov Neimand, Yuv Agarwal +4
Active living matter continuously creates and annihilates topological defects in a process that remains poorly understood. Here, we investigate these dynamics in two distinct activ…
cond-mat.soft2024
Immobility of isolated swarmer cells due to local liquid depletion
Ajesh Jose, Benjamin Perez-Estay, Shira Omer Bendori +4
Bacterial swarming is a complex phenomenon in which thousands of self-propelled rod-shaped cells move coherently on surfaces, providing an excellent example of active matter. Howev…
cond-mat.stat-mech2024
Second Law of Thermodynamics without Einstein Relation
Benjamin Sorkin, Haim Diamant, Gil Ariel +1
Materials that are constantly driven out of thermodynamic equilibrium, such as active and living systems, typically violate the Einstein relation. This may arise from active contri…