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Finite-Time Orientational Relaxation Restructures Collective Motion in Polar Active Matter

Rajneesh Kumar , Subhransu Sekhar Mishra , Debasish Chaudhuri This is my paper

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keywords polar active matterorientational relaxationphase transitionsVicsek modelcollective motionnonequilibrium phasesLangevin dynamicsactive particles
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Finite-time orientational relaxation acts as a control parameter that qualitatively restructures collective behavior in polar active matter.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper introduces a Langevin model for Vicsek-like active particles in which orientations relax at finite rate to the local mean direction, controlled by alignment strength J and rotational diffusivity Dr. Large-scale simulations map the nonequilibrium phase diagram as a function of activity and alignment rate, revealing transitions from homogeneous isotropic to polar bands, cross-sea, homogeneous polar, and micro-clustered states. The isotropic-to-polar transition is strongly first-order, shown by Binder cumulants and bimodal distributions indicating gas-liquid coexistence. This establishes finite-time relaxation as a tunable driver of collective states, relevant for systems where alignment occurs over measurable timescales rather than instantaneously.

Core claim

Increasing the alignment rate drives a sequence of transitions from a homogeneous isotropic state to polar bands, a cross-sea phase of intersecting bands, a homogeneous polar state, and ultimately a micro-clustered regime. The isotropic-to-polar transition is strongly first order, as evidenced by Binder cumulants and bimodal distributions of local polarization and density, indicating coexistence of gas-like and liquid-like regions. Near the onset of collective motion, band size increases with activity but depends non-monotonically on alignment rate.

What carries the argument

Langevin formulation of Vicsek-like particles with finite-rate relaxation toward the local mean direction, combining local consensus with XY-like orientational dynamics via alignment strength J and rotational diffusivity Dr.

Load-bearing premise

The introduced Langevin formulation with finite-rate relaxation toward local mean direction, together with the large-scale simulations, is sufficient to determine the nonequilibrium phase diagram without artifacts from finite system size or other numerical limitations.

What would settle it

A simulation or experiment that fails to produce the predicted sequence of phases, including the cross-sea regime and the strongly first-order character of the isotropic-to-polar transition, when alignment rate is varied at fixed activity.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2606.10474 by Debasish Chaudhuri, Rajneesh Kumar, Subhransu Sekhar Mishra.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: (a) Configurational phase diagram in the (Pe [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
Figure 2
Figure 2. Figure 2: Phase diagram in the (Pe, g) plane, where the dimensionless activity is defined as Pe = v0/(rcDr) and the effective alignment rate as g = J/Dr. (a) Points are colored by the polar order parameter ⟨w⟩, while the background heat map represents density fluctuations ∆ρ. The black dashed line marks the order-disorder phase boundary, determined from the maxima of fluctuations in the polar order param￾eter. The r… view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: Steady-state properties as a function of the di [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p004_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: (a) Scaling of number fluctuations, ⟨∆n 2 ⟩ ∼ ⟨n⟩ α , for Pe = 10 in the disordered phase (g = 0.1) and homoge￾neous polar phase (g = 10). The lines show α = 1 for g = 0.1 and α = 1.6 for g = 10, demonstrating giant number fluctu￾ations in the ordered phase. Results are for N = 6.4 × 104 and ρ = 1. (b) Polar order parameter ⟨w⟩ versus system size N for different alignment rates g at Pe = 50. Dashed lines a… view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: For a system of size N = 16,000 at Pe = 10, the local probability distributions (a) P(n ∥ ) and (b) P(ρ) are shown for various values of the dimensionless alignment rate g. In both cases, the distributions exhibit clear bimodality near transition, indicating phase coexistence. matic order in active nematics [18, 38]. Furthermore, the asymptotic polar order parameter w∞ in our sys￾tem increases systematical… view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: Fraction of average cluster size ⟨n⟩/N as a function of alignment rate g for various Pe values, with system size N = 16000 and density ρ = 1. Colors denote different Pe. (b) ⟨n⟩/N as a function of Pe for fixed g, spanning disordered, banded, and microcluster regimes. The band width, however, displays a nonmonotonic dependence on g: it increases up to g ≈ 2.5 and decreases for larger g ( [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:f… view at source ↗
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Figure 8. Figure 8: Cluster-size distribution P(n) for various g at Pe = 10. The simulation data are shown as points, while the dashed lines represent the corresponding fitted functions. (a) Disordered phase: The distributions are well described by a form e −n/n∗ n −β (Eq.(15)), with characteristic sizes n ∗ = 68 and 85, and exponents β = 1.46 and 1.53 for g = 0.6 and 1, respectively. (b),(c) Polar phase: The distributions ar… view at source ↗
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Figure 9. Figure 9: System-size dependence and variation with alignment rate. (a) Absolute value of the Fourier amplitude for (i) a [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_9.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 10. Figure 10: (a) Average polar order ⟨w⟩ for two values of J as a function of rotational diffusion Dr at Pe = 10. (b) The data collapse onto a single curve when plotted versus the rescaled coupling g = J/Dr, for system size N = 4000 and particle density ρ = 1.0. compute the polar order parameter ⟨w⟩ as a function of Dr for two values of J [ [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_10.png] view at source ↗
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We introduce a Langevin formulation of Vicsek-like active particles in which orientations evolve through finite-rate relaxation toward the local mean direction, with alignment strength $J$ and rotational diffusivity $D_r$, thereby combining Vicsek-type local consensus with XY-like orientational dynamics. Using large-scale numerical simulations, we determine the nonequilibrium phase diagram as a function of activity and alignment rate. Increasing the alignment rate drives a sequence of transitions from a homogeneous isotropic state to polar bands, a cross-sea phase of intersecting bands, a homogeneous polar state, and ultimately a micro-clustered regime. The isotropic-to-polar transition is strongly first order, as evidenced by Binder cumulants and bimodal distributions of local polarization and density, indicating coexistence of gas-like and liquid-like regions. Near the onset of collective motion, band size increases with activity but depends non-monotonically on alignment rate. Further increasing the alignment rate drives the system through the cross-sea and homogeneous polar phases before enhanced density fluctuations lead to micro-clustering. Our results demonstrate that finite-time orientational relaxation acts as a control parameter that qualitatively restructures collective behavior in polar active matter.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The manuscript introduces a Langevin formulation of Vicsek-like active particles in which orientations relax at finite rate toward the local mean direction (controlled by alignment strength J and rotational diffusivity Dr). Large-scale simulations are used to determine the nonequilibrium phase diagram versus activity and alignment rate, revealing a sequence of transitions: homogeneous isotropic to polar bands to cross-sea (intersecting bands) to homogeneous polar to micro-clustered. The isotropic-to-polar transition is identified as strongly first-order on the basis of Binder cumulants and bimodal distributions of local polarization and density; band size is reported to depend non-monotonically on alignment rate near onset.

Significance. If the reported phase sequence and first-order character survive the thermodynamic limit, the work demonstrates that finite-time orientational relaxation functions as an independent control parameter capable of qualitatively restructuring collective states in polar active matter, producing phases (cross-sea, micro-clustered) absent from instantaneous-alignment models. The explicit use of Binder cumulants to diagnose coexistence and the combination of Vicsek consensus with XY-like rotational dynamics constitute concrete, falsifiable additions to the active-matter literature.

major comments (1)
  1. [Numerical methods and phase-diagram results (implicit in the abstract description of large-scale simulations)] The central phase diagram and the claims of a first-order isotropic-polar transition together with non-monotonic band-size dependence rest on simulations performed in finite periodic boxes. No finite-size scaling analysis, Binder-cumulant crossings evaluated at multiple linear sizes L, or explicit checks that band wavelengths and cross-sea intersection statistics remain invariant under doubling of system size are reported. In Vicsek-like models such structures are known to be sensitive to boundary conditions; without these controls the reported sequence and transition order cannot yet be regarded as thermodynamic.
minor comments (1)
  1. [Abstract] The abstract states that the isotropic-to-polar transition is 'strongly first order' but does not indicate the range of system sizes over which the Binder cumulants and bimodality were observed.

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We thank the referee for the careful reading of our manuscript and the constructive comments regarding the need to establish thermodynamic-limit behavior. We address the major comment below.

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  1. Referee: [Numerical methods and phase-diagram results (implicit in the abstract description of large-scale simulations)] The central phase diagram and the claims of a first-order isotropic-polar transition together with non-monotonic band-size dependence rest on simulations performed in finite periodic boxes. No finite-size scaling analysis, Binder-cumulant crossings evaluated at multiple linear sizes L, or explicit checks that band wavelengths and cross-sea intersection statistics remain invariant under doubling of system size are reported. In Vicsek-like models such structures are known to be sensitive to boundary conditions; without these controls the reported sequence and transition order cannot yet be regarded as thermodynamic.

    Authors: We agree that finite-size scaling analysis, including Binder-cumulant crossings at multiple system sizes and explicit checks of invariance under system-size doubling, is required to confirm that the reported phase sequence and first-order character persist in the thermodynamic limit. The original manuscript relied on large periodic simulation boxes but did not report such scaling studies. In the revised version we will incorporate a dedicated finite-size analysis section, presenting Binder cumulants for several linear sizes L, together with data confirming that band wavelengths and cross-sea statistics remain robust upon doubling the system size. This will directly address the concern about boundary-condition sensitivity. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No circularity: phase diagram obtained from direct simulation of new model

full rationale

The paper introduces a Langevin model with finite-rate orientational relaxation (parameters J and Dr) and determines the nonequilibrium phase diagram exclusively via large-scale numerical simulations. No analytical derivations, fitted parameters renamed as predictions, or self-citation chains are present; the reported transitions (isotropic to bands to cross-sea to homogeneous polar to micro-clustered) and first-order character (Binder cumulants, bimodal distributions) are outputs of the simulations rather than inputs by construction. The work is self-contained against external benchmarks.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

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Abstract-only access provides no explicit list of free parameters, axioms, or invented entities; the model builds on standard active particle assumptions with added relaxation dynamics, but full paper would be needed to audit simulation parameters such as alignment strength J and rotational diffusivity Dr.

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