Symmetry breaking on density in escaping ants: experiment and alarm pheromone model.

The symmetry breaking observed in nature is fascinating. This symmetry breaking is observed in both human crowds and ant colonies. In such cases, when escaping from a closed space with two symmetrically located exits, one exit is used more often than the other. Group size and density have been repor...

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Main Authors: Geng Li, Di Huan, Bertrand Roehner, Yijuan Xu, Ling Zeng, Zengru Di, Zhangang Han
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114517