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On the spontaneous collective motion of active matter.


ABSTRACT: Spontaneous directed motion, a hallmark of cell biology, is unusual in classical statistical physics. Here we study, using both numerical and analytical methods, organized motion in models of the cytoskeleton in which constituents are driven by energy-consuming motors. Although systems driven by small-step motors are described by an effective temperature and are thus quiescent, at higher order in step size, both homogeneous and inhomogeneous, flowing and oscillating behavior emerges. Motors that respond with a negative susceptibility to imposed forces lead to an apparent negative-temperature system in which beautiful structures form resembling the asters seen in cell division.

SUBMITTER: Wang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3174585 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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On the spontaneous collective motion of active matter.

Wang Shenshen S   Wolynes Peter G PG  

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20110829 37


Spontaneous directed motion, a hallmark of cell biology, is unusual in classical statistical physics. Here we study, using both numerical and analytical methods, organized motion in models of the cytoskeleton in which constituents are driven by energy-consuming motors. Although systems driven by small-step motors are described by an effective temperature and are thus quiescent, at higher order in step size, both homogeneous and inhomogeneous, flowing and oscillating behavior emerges. Motors that  ...[more]

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