Abstract
We introduce a simple dynamical rule in which each particle locates a particle that is farthest from it and moves towards it. Repeated application of this algorithm results in the formation of unusual dynamical patterns: during the process of assembly the system self-organizes into slices of low particle density separated by lines of increasingly high particle density along which most particles move. As the process proceeds, pairs of lines meet and merge with each other until a single line remains and particles move along it towards the zone of assembly. We show that this pattern is governed by particles (attractors) situated on the instantaneous outer boundary of the system and that both in two and in three dimensions the lines are formed by zigzag motion of a particle towards a pair of nearly equidistant attractors. This novel line-dominated assembly is very different from the local assembly in which particles that move towards their nearest neighbors produce point-like clusters that coalesce into new point-like clusters, etc.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 17910 |
| Pages (from-to) | 17910 |
| Journal | Scientific Reports |
| Volume | 9 |
| Issue number | 1 |
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| State | Published - 1 Dec 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:We would like to thank Stas Burov, Yoav Soen, David Kessler, Baruch Barzel and Reuven Cohen for valuable discussions. This work was supported by grants from the Israel Science Foundation and from the Israeli Centers for Research Excellence program of the Planning and Budgeting Committee.
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