Topology-Driven Ordering of Flocking Matter

When interacting motile units self-organize into flocks, they realize one of the most robust ordered states found in nature. However, after 25 years of intense research, the very mechanism controlling the ordering dynamics of both living and artificial flocks has remained unsettled. Here, combining...

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Main Authors: Amélie Chardac, Ludwig A. Hoffmann, Yoann Poupart, Luca Giomi, Denis Bartolo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2021-09-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031069