Hydrodynamics of bacterial motion

被引:24
作者
Csahok, Z
Czirok, A
机构
[1] Department of Atomic Physics, Eötvös University, 1088 Budapest
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10.1016/S0378-4371(97)00283-5
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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In this paper we present a hydrodynamic approach to describe the motion of migrating bacteria as a special class of self-propelled systems. Analytical and numerical calculations has been performed to study the behavior of our model in the turbulent-like regime and to show that a phase transition occurs as a function of noise strength. Our results can explain previous experimental observations as well as results of numerical simulations.
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