Using numerical simulations, we examine the dynamics of active matter run-and-tumble disks moving in a disordered array of obstacles. As a function of increasing active disk density and activity, we find a transition from a completely clogged state to a continuous flowing phase, and in the large activity limit, we observe an intermittent state where the motion occurs in avalanches that are power law distributed in size with an exponent of $β= 1.46$. In contrast, in the thermal or low activity limit we find bursts of motion that are not broadly distributed in size. We argue that in the highly active regime, the system reaches a self-jamming state due to the activity-induced self-clustering, and that the intermittent dynamics is similar to that found in the yielding of amorphous solids. Our results show that activity is another route by which particulate systems can be tuned to a nonequilibrium critical state.
Transition rates for slip-avalanches in soft athermal disks under quasi-static simple shear deformations
Tohoku University(东北大学);WPI-Advanced Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University(东北大学物质研究高等研究所);Mathematics for Advanced Materials-OIL, AIST-Tohoku University(AIST-东北大学先进材料数学联合研究中心);Center for Materials research by Information Integration, National Institute for Materials Science(国立材料研究所信息集成材料研究中心);Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study, Kyoto University(京都大学高等研究院);Faculty of Engineering Technology, MESA+, University of Twente(特文特大学工程技术学院)
Potential energy landscape picture of zero-temperature avalanche criticality governing dynamics in supercooled liquids
Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc.(丰田中央研究所);D3 Center, The University of Osaka(大阪大学D3中心);Department of Physics, The University of Osaka(大阪大学物理系);Department of Physics, Nagoya University(名古屋大学物理系);Division of Chemical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, The University of Osaka(大阪大学工学研究科化学工程专攻)
Thermal activation drives a finite-size crossover from scale-free to runaway avalanches in amorphous solids
Instituto de Física del Sur (IFISUR), Universidad Nacional del Sur (UNS), CONICET(南方物理研究所,南国立大学,阿根廷国家科学研究委员会);Instituto de Nanociencia y Nanotecnología, CNEA–CONICET, Centro Atómico Bariloche(纳米科学与技术研究所,巴里洛切原子能委员会-阿根廷国家科学研究委员会,巴里洛切原子中心)