2:30 PM–5:30 PM, Thursday, March 19, 2009
- 401/402
Sponsoring Unit:
GSNP
Chair: Cristina Marchetti, Syracuse University
Abstract ID: BAPS.2009.MAR.X5.3
3:42 PM–4:18 PM
Aparna Baskaran
(Syracuse University)
In this talk I will illustrate the derivation of a unified continuum description of the large scale collective behavior of active matter from two specific physical microscopic dynamical models: stroke-averaged swimmers moving through a viscous fluid and self-propelled hard rods moving on a substrate. New results at large scales include a lowering of the density of the isotropic-nematic transition, an enhancement of longitudinal diffusion of the self-propelled orientable units, and a strong enhancement of boundary effects in confined self-propelled systems.
To cite this abstract, use the following reference: http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2009.MAR.X5.3