Topology-Driven Ordering of Flocking Matter
When interacting motile units self-organize into flocks, they realize one of the most robust ordered states found in nature. However, after 25 years of intense research, the very mechanism controlling the ordering dynamics of both living and artificial flocks has remained unsettled. Here, combining...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Physical Society
2021-09-01
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Series: | Physical Review X |
Online Access: | http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.11.031069 |