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Universal characterization of epitope immunodominance from a multi-scale model of clonal competition in germinal centers
Federica Ferretti, Mehran Kardar
We introduce a novel, multi-scale model for affinity maturation, which aims to capture the intra-clonal, inter-clonal and epitope-specific organization of the B cell population in…
Inclusions, Boundaries and Disorder in Scalar Active Matter
Omer Granek, Yariv Kafri, Mehran Kardar +3
Active systems are driven out of equilibrium by exchanging energy and momentum with their environment. This endows them with anomalous mechanical properties that we review in this…
Scale-dependent heat transport in dissipative media via electromagnetic fluctuations
Matthias Krüger, Kiryl Asheichyk, Mehran Kardar +1
We develop a theory for heat transport via electromagnetic waves inside media, and use it to derive a spatially nonlocal thermal conductivity tensor, in terms of the electromagneti…
Escaping kinetic traps using non-reciprocal interactions
Saeed Osat, Jakob Metson, Mehran Kardar +1
Kinetic traps are a notorious problem in equilibrium statistical mechanics, where temperature quenches ultimately fail to bring the system to low energy configurations. Using multi…
Competition on the edge of an expanding population
Daniel W. Swartz, Hyunseok Lee, Mehran Kardar +1
In growing populations, the fate of mutations depends on their competitive ability against the ancestor and their ability to colonize new territory. Here we present a theory that i…