2 papers
cond-mat.stat-mech2026
Whodunnit? The case of midge swarms
L. L. Bonilla, R. González-Albaladejo
As collective states of animal groups go, swarms of midge insects pose a number of puzzling questions. Their ordering polarization parameter is quite small and the insects are weak…
physics.bio-ph2024
Exact solutions of the harmonically confined Vicsek model
L. L. Bonilla, R. González-Albaladejo
The discrete time Vicsek model confined by a harmonic potential explains many aspects of swarm formation in insects. We have found exact solutions of this model without alignment n…