Similarities between Insect Swarms and Isothermal Globular Clusters

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Gorbonos, D., Van der Vaart, K., Sinhuber, M., Puckett, J. G., Ouellette, N. T., Reynolds, A. M. and Gov, N. S. 2020. Similarities between Insect Swarms and Isothermal Globular Clusters. Physical Review Research. 2 (1), p. 013271. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013271

AuthorsGorbonos, D., Van der Vaart, K., Sinhuber, M., Puckett, J. G., Ouellette, N. T., Reynolds, A. M. and Gov, N. S.
Abstract

Previous work has suggested that disordered swarms of flying insects can be well modeled as selfgravitating systems, as long as the “gravitational” interaction is adaptive. Motivated by this work we compare the predictions of the classic, mean-field King model for isothermal globular clusters to observations of insect swarms. Detailed numerical simulations of regular and adaptive gravity allow us to expose the features of the swarms’ density and velocity profiles that are due to longrange interactions, and are captured by the King model phenomenology, and those that are due to adaptivity and short-range repulsion. Our results provide further support for adaptive gravity as a model for swarms.

KeywordsInsect swarms; Insect trajectories
Year of Publication2020
JournalPhysical Review Research
Journal citation2 (1), p. 013271
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.013271
Web address (URL)https://arxiv.org/abs/1912.00395v1
Open accessPublished as ‘gold’ (paid) open access
FunderBBSRC Industrial Strategy Challenge
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
Funder project or codeBBSRC Strategic Programme in Smart Crop Protection
Publisher's version
Output statusPublished
Publication dates
Online06 Mar 2020
Publication process dates
Accepted06 Feb 2020
PublisherAmerican Physical Society (APS)

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