Swarmalators with delayed interactions.

Blum, Nicholas; Li, Andre; O'Keeffe, Kevin; Kogan, Oleg · Phys Rev E · 2024

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We investigate the effects of delayed interactions in a population of "swarmalators," generalizations of phase oscillators that both synchronize in time and swarm through space. We discover two steady collective states: a state in which swarmalators are essentially motionless in a disk arranged in a pseudocrystalline order, and a boiling state in which the swarmalators again form a disk, but now the swarmalators near the boundary perform boiling-like convective motions. These states are reminiscent of the beating clusters seen in photoactivated colloids and the living crystals of starfish embryos.