Breakdown of effective temperature, power law interactions, and self-propulsion in a momentum-conserving active fluid.

TitleBreakdown of effective temperature, power law interactions, and self-propulsion in a momentum-conserving active fluid.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2019
AuthorsVishen ASingh, Prost J, Rao M
JournalPhys Rev E
Volume100
Issue6-1
Pagination062602
Date Published2019 Dec
ISSN2470-0053
Abstract

The simplest extensions of single-particle dynamics in a momentum-conserving active fluid-an active suspension of two colloidal particles or a single particle confined by a wall-exhibit strong departures from Boltzmann behavior, resulting in either a breakdown of an effective temperature description or a steady state with nonzero-entropy production rate. This is a consequence of hydrodynamic interactions that introduce multiplicative noise in the stochastic description of particle positions. This results in fluctuation-induced interactions that depend on distance as a power law. We find that the dynamics of activated colloids in a passive fluid, with stochastic forcing localized on the particle, is different from that of passive colloids in an active fluctuating fluid.

DOI10.1103/PhysRevE.100.062602
Alternate JournalPhys Rev E
PubMed ID31962504
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