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Exact hydrodynamics and onset of phase separation for an active exclusion process
We consider a lattice model of active matter with exclusion and derive its
hydrodynamic description exactly. The macroscopic limit is an
integro-differential equation for the particles' density in phase space
(positions and orientations) and includes nonlinearities in both the diffusive
and advective components. Systems of active particles can undergo phase
separation without any attractive interactions, a mechanism known as
motility-induced phase separation. We explore the onset of such a transition in
the parameter space of occupied volume fraction and self-propulsion speed via a
linear stability analysis and numerical simulations. At low densities, the
stability boundary is consistent with the linear analysis, but for higher
densities, the homogeneous state is found to be less stable than the linearised
model predicts.Comment: 31 Pages, 8 figure