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CPP: Fachverband Chemische Physik und Polymerphysik

CPP 22: Active Matter 3 (joint session BP/CPP/DY)

CPP 22.5: Talk

Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 10:45–11:00, H16

Noisy pursuit of active Brownian particles — •Segun Goh, Roland G. Winker, and Gerhard Gompper — IBI-5, Forschungszentrum Jülich, 52425 Jülich, Germany

Many biological and artificial agents are not only motile, but also capable of adjusting their motion based upon information gathered from their environment. This study considers sensing of a target and as a consequence reorientation of the direction of self-propulsion, which enables active pursuit. Specifically, an active Brownian particle is employed as a model agent to investigate pursuit dynamics in two dimensions, for both stationary as well as moving targets. We discuss how the interplay between intrinsic persistent self-propulsion and active reorientation by sensing gives rise to unexpected complex behaviors. In particular, the noise plays a pivotal role with both positive and negative influences on the success of pursuit. Numerical simulations and analytical calculations reveal that strong motility results in overshooting of the target, while pursuers cannot approach the target effectively at low Péclet numbers. Moreover, we propose a strategy to sort active pursuers according to their motility and reorientation capability by employing particular target trajectories.