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Active dumbbells: Dynamics and morphology in the coexisting region

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With the help of molecular dynamics simulations we study an ensemble of active dumbbells in purely repulsive interaction. We derive the phase diagram in the density-activity plane and we characterise the various phases with liquid, hexatic and solid character. The analysis of the structural and dynamical properties, such as enstrophy, mean-square displacement, polarisation, and correlation functions, shows the continuous character of liquid and hexatic phases in the coexisting region when the activity is increased starting from the passive limit.

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  1. Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari and INFN, Sezione di Bari, via Amendola 173, I-70126, Bari, Italy

    Isabella Petrelli, Pasquale Digregorio & Giuseppe Gonnella

  2. Sorbonne Université, Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Energies, CNRS UMR 7589, 4 Place Jussieu, 75252, Paris Cedex 05, France

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Petrelli, I., Digregorio, P., Cugliandolo, L.F. et al. Active dumbbells: Dynamics and morphology in the coexisting region. Eur. Phys. J. E 41, 128 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1140/epje/i2018-11739-y

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