Evidence of fluctuation-induced first-order phase transition in active matter. Di Carlo, L. & Scandolo, M. arXiv:2202.01010 [cond-mat], February, 2022. arXiv: 2202.01010
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We study the critical properties of the Malthusian Toner-Tu theory in its near ordering phase. Because of the birth/death process, characteristic of this Malthusian model, density fluctuations are partially suppressed, and the theory can be studied with perturbative renormalization group techniques. We compute the renormalization group flow equations for the Malthusian Toner-Tu theory at one-loop order. The renormalization group flow drives the system in an unstable region, suggesting a fluctuation-induced first-order phase transition. This calculation could provide a rigorous RG explanation of why the disorder/order transition is first order in active matter systems.
@article{di_carlo_evidence_2022,
	title = {Evidence of fluctuation-induced first-order phase transition in active matter},
	url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.01010},
	abstract = {We study the critical properties of the Malthusian Toner-Tu theory in its near ordering phase. Because of the birth/death process, characteristic of this Malthusian model, density fluctuations are partially suppressed, and the theory can be studied with perturbative renormalization group techniques. We compute the renormalization group flow equations for the Malthusian Toner-Tu theory at one-loop order. The renormalization group flow drives the system in an unstable region, suggesting a fluctuation-induced first-order phase transition. This calculation could provide a rigorous RG explanation of why the disorder/order transition is first order in active matter systems.},
	urldate = {2022-02-03},
	journal = {arXiv:2202.01010 [cond-mat]},
	author = {Di Carlo, Luca and Scandolo, Mattia},
	month = feb,
	year = {2022},
	note = {arXiv: 2202.01010},
	keywords = {unread},
}

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