Regensburg 2016 – scientific programme

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BP: Fachverband Biologische Physik

BP 47: Posters - Active Matter

BP 47.1: Poster

Wednesday, March 9, 2016, 17:00–19:00, Poster C

Emergent Vortex Patterns in Systems of Self-Propelled, Chiral Particles — •Lorenz Huber, Jonas Denk, Emanuel Reithmann, and Erwin Frey — Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics (ASC) and Center for NanoScience (CeNS), Department of Physics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Theresienstrasse 37, D-80333 München, Germany

Self-organization of FtsZ polymers is vital for Z-ring assembly during bacterial cell division, and has been studied using reconstituted in vitro model systems. Employing Brownian dynamics simulations and a Boltzmann approach, we model FtsZ polymers as active particles moving along chiral circular paths. With both methods we find self-organization into vortex structures and characterize different states in parameter states. Our work demonstrates that these patterns are robust and are generic for active chiral matter. Moreover, we show that the dynamics at the onset of pattern formation is described by a generalized complex Ginzburg-Landau equation.