Transport barriers to self-propelled particles in fluid flows
Transport barriers to self-propelled particles in fluid flows
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevfluids.6.l012501
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发表时间:
2021-01-14
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Solomon, Thomas H.
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作者:
Berman, Simon A.;Buggeln, John;Solomon, Thomas H.
We present theory and experiments demonstrating the existence of invariant manifolds that impede the motion of microswimmers in two-dimensional fluid flows. One-way barriers are apparent in a hyperbolic fluid flow that block the swimming of both smooth-swimming and run-and-tumble Bacillus subtilis bacteria. We identify key phase-space structures, called swimming invariant manifolds (SwIMs), that serve as separatrices between different regions of long-time swimmer behavior. When projected into xy space, the edges of the SwIMs act as one-way barriers, consistent with the experiments.