{"title":"Theory Predicts Collective States of Mobile Particles","authors":"Mark Buchanan","doi":"10.1103/physics.17.94","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The rigid hexagonal ring of 18 active elements makes sporadic transitions between two distinct collective states—a coherent rotation and a linear translation in any direction. These states correspond to minima in a free-energy landscape.","PeriodicalId":20136,"journal":{"name":"Physics","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Physics","FirstCategoryId":"1089","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1103/physics.17.94","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PHYSICS, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The rigid hexagonal ring of 18 active elements makes sporadic transitions between two distinct collective states—a coherent rotation and a linear translation in any direction. These states correspond to minima in a free-energy landscape.