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SUBMITTER: Harvey CW
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3663047 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Harvey Cameron W CW Alber Mark M Tsimring Lev S LS Aranson Igor S IS
New journal of physics 20130301
In this paper we develop a continuum theory of clustering in ensembles of self-propelled inelastically colliding rods with applications to collective dynamics of common gliding bacteria <i>Myxococcus Xanthus</i>. A multiphase hydrodynamic model that couples densities of oriented and isotropic phases is described. This model is used for the analysis of an instability that leads to spontaneous formation of directionally moving dense clusters within initially dilute isotropic "gas" of myxobacteria. ...[more]