Collective behavior of active Brownian particles with rod-shape

Fernando Peruani

Max-Planck Institute for the physics of Complex Systems (MPIPKS), Dresden, Germany
and
Center for High Performance Computing, Dresden University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

We study systems of interacting active Brownian particles with rod-shape. Particles interact through a repulsive potential that penalizes particle overlapping. In order to understand the role of the self-propelling force, we compare self-propelled and merely noise-driven particles. We also explore the effects of particle shape and thermal fluctuations. Simulations and analysis of the collective behavior are presented.