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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik

CPP 11: Active Matter II (joint session DY/BP/CPP)

CPP 11.3: Vortrag

Montag, 9. März 2026, 15:30–15:45, ZEU/0160

Collision dynamics of active Brownian hard disks — •Jonas Buba — Soft Matter Theory Group, Theoretical Physics: Lab for Emergent Phenomena, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany

Active matter systems, composed of self-driven agents, display emergent behaviors such as collective motion, clustering, and motility-induced phase separation (MIPS). To better understand the microscopic origin of MIPS, we study collisions of active Brownian hard disks within the framework of dynamical density functional theory (DDFT). The particle interactions are modeled using fundamental measure theory (FMT). Each particle is represented by a Gaussian density peak, which allows us to quantify the mean delay from collisions for different configurations. The post-collision density resulting from the simulation can be described by a convolution of the pre-collision density, enabeling the analysis of different contributions to the delay.

Keywords: active brownian particles; hard disks; dynamical density functional theory; fundamental measure theory; collision dynamics