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arxiv 2607.06193 v1 pith:VZTGPBSP submitted 2026-07-07 cond-mat.soft cond-mat.stat-mech

Robust Topologically Protected Edge Transport in Doubly Chiral Active Particles

Tristan Edwards , Maxim Nikolaev , Jaime Agudo-Canalejo This is my paper
classification cond-mat.soft cond-mat.stat-mech PACS 05.40.-a05.65.+b87.18.Gh
keywords active mattertopological edge transportchiral active particlesboundary sliding modesself-propelled particlesvibrobottopological protectionactive Brownian particle
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This paper introduces a new class of active particle called a doubly chiral active Brownian particle (dcABP) that combines two distinct sources of rotation: an intrinsic angular velocity (spin independent of motion) and a translation-rotation coupling (spin caused by asymmetric friction during motion). The central claim is that when these two chiralities have opposite signs and the intrinsic rotation is weaker than the translation-rotation coupling, the particle develops boundary-hugging sliding modes that are topologically protected: the particle follows walls and turns sharp corners without reflecting back into the bulk. The authors prove this through deterministic fixed-point analysis of the sliding dynamics along straight walls, curved walls, and during particle-particle interactions, and confirm it with stochastic simulations showing no backscattering at corners or in mazes. They also show that simpler chiral swimmers either fail to produce genuine boundary transport at all (simple circle swimmers) or backscatter at corners (chiral active rods), making dcABPs the first continuum single-particle model to exhibit topologically protected edge transport. A proof-of-principle vibrobot built from off-the-shelf parts demonstrates the effect experimentally.

Core claim

The paper's central object is the doubly chiral active Brownian particle, defined by the equations of motion where the angular velocity has two terms: an intrinsic angular velocity ω and a translation-rotation coupling α that aligns the particle to its instantaneous velocity. The key mathematical result is that stable boundary-sliding fixed points exist if and only if ω and α have opposite signs (ωα < 0) and the translation-rotation coupling dominates the intrinsic rotation (|αv| > |ω|). Under these conditions, the particle locks into a sliding orientation along any boundary and navigates corners of arbitrary sharpness without backscattering. The authors derive this for straight boundaries (

What carries the argument

doubly chiral active Brownian particle (dcABP)

Load-bearing premise

The argument that the continuum dcABP sliding modes are genuinely topologically protected (in the mathematical sense of being guaranteed by a topological invariant) relies on an analogy with a discrete lattice model where topological invariants are well-defined, rather than on a direct computation of such an invariant for the continuum particle dynamics themselves.

What would settle it

If a dcABP satisfying ωα < 0 and |αv| > |ω| were observed to backscatter at a smooth concave corner in stochastic simulations or experiments, the central claim of topologically protected edge transport would be falsified.

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If this is right

  • Swarm robots built with asymmetric friction distributions could autonomously map boundaries of arbitrary environments without sensors, since each robot naturally locks to and follows walls through corners.
  • If microorganisms or cells exhibit effective double chirality at the coarse-grained level, they may already exploit topologically protected edge transport for navigation along surfaces or tissue boundaries.
  • The distinction between magnetization-like currents (present in simple circle swimmers) and genuine transport currents (present only in dcABPs) provides a diagnostic tool for interpreting edge currents observed in existing chiral active matter experiments.
  • The interparticle spinning mode, where two dcABPs lock into a bound state and rotate around each other, suggests a mechanism for forming chiral clusters whose collective dynamics could differ from those of non-chiral active particles.
  • The phase diagram for curved boundaries reveals anomalous sliding regimes where edge and bulk chiralities match rather than oppose, opening a parameter space for controllable switching between transport modes.

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  • The operational definition of topological protection (no backscattering at corners, persistence under boundary deformation) is demonstrated convincingly through simulations, but no topological invariant such as a Chern number or winding number is computed for the continuum dcABP model. The claim of topological protection rests on an analogy with a discrete lattice model where such invariants are w
  • The fact that the mechanically detailed model reduces to the phenomenological dcABP equations in the limit of weak coupling (Γ ≪ 1) raises the question of whether topological protection survives at finite Γ, or whether the sliding modes become merely metastable. The experiments use vibrobots that may operate outside the small-Γ regime, yet still show corner-turning behavior, suggesting the phenome
  • If the sliding mode's existence conditions (ωα < 0, |αv| > |ω|) can be tuned dynamically—for instance by modulating the intrinsic torque via an external field—then one could build particles that switch between topologically protected boundary-following and free bulk exploration on demand, enabling programmable search or delivery strategies.

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Referee Report

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Summary. This manuscript introduces doubly chiral active Brownian particles (dcABPs), which combine intrinsic angular velocity (ω) with translation-rotation coupling (α). The authors show that when ωα < 0 and |αv| > |ω|, these particles exhibit boundary-localized sliding modes that do not backscatter at corners, in contrast to chiral active rods which do backscatter. The paper provides: (i) analytical fixed-point analyses for straight boundaries (Eqs. 17-20), curved boundaries (Eqs. 21-24), and interparticle interactions (Eqs. 27-31); (ii) stochastic simulations demonstrating no backscattering in square confinement and maze-solving (Figs. 4-5, Movies S3-S4); (iii) a phase diagram for curved-boundary sliding modes (Fig. 6); (iv) a mechanically detailed friction-tensor model (Appendix B, Eqs. 33-37); and (v) a proof-of-principle vibrobot experiment (Fig. 7, Movie S9). The paper also argues that simple cABPs show no true boundary-induced transport (only magnetization-like currents), and that chiral active rods backscatter at corners. The analogy to the discrete lattice model of Tang, Agudo-Canalejo, and Golestanian (Ref. 25) motivates the dcABP construction.

Significance. The paper makes a valuable contribution by identifying a concrete continuum active-particle model that exhibits corner-robust boundary transport, a phenomenon previously demonstrated only in discrete lattice models. The analytical derivations are clean and internally consistent across multiple geometries. The mechanical friction-tensor derivation (Appendix B) grounding the phenomenological α-coupling in asymmetric friction is a particular strength, as is the explicit mapping between the mechanical model and the dcABP equations (Eqs. 36-37). The proof-of-principle vibrobot experiment, while qualitative, demonstrates that the concept is physically realizable with simple components. The distinction between magnetization currents and transport currents for cABPs (Section II.A) is a useful clarification for the field. The concurrent work by Kuroda et al. (Ref. 33), which analyzes the band structure of the same dynamics, is appropriately cited and complements this work.

major comments (2)
  1. The central claim of 'topological protection' rests on an analogy to the discrete lattice model of Ref. 25 (Section III.B, Fig. 3), but no topological invariant (Chern number, winding number, or spectral gap) is computed for the continuum dcABP dynamics. The conditions ωα < 0 and |αv| > |ω| are derived as local dynamical stability conditions for the existence of a sliding fixed point (Eq. 19), not as topological invariants. The paper itself demonstrates this distinction: chiral active rods also have stable sliding modes along straight boundaries (Section II.B, Eq. 11) yet backscatter at corners. The distinction between dcABPs and rods is then shown empirically (simulations show no backscattering for dcABPs vs. backscattering for rods), not derived from a topological argument. The authors should either (a) soften the language from 'topologically protected' to 'corner-robust' or 'analogy-s
  2. Section III.D, Fig. 6: The phase diagram for curved boundaries shows that the range of ω/(αv) for which a sliding mode exists broadens as boundaries become more curved, including 'anomalous' sliding modes with chirality equal to that of bulk orbits. However, the text states that dcABPs 'can turn along arbitrarily sharp inside corners' based on the persistence of the normal sliding mode for 0 > ω/(αv) > -1. For outside corners, the text acknowledges that dcABPs 'briefly leave the boundary but immediately circle back.' This means the no-backscattering claim is qualified: particles do leave the boundary at sharp outside corners. The manuscript should clarify whether this constitutes a violation of topological protection (as operationally defined in Section I) or an acceptable transient, and should explicitly state this limitation in the abstract and conclusion rather than only in Section II
minor comments (6)
  1. Fig. 5: The caption states that for small noise the plateau value approaches Φ = -0.5, but the individual curves for different D_r values are not labeled on the figure itself, making it difficult to distinguish which curve corresponds to which noise level.
  2. Section III.D, Fig. 6: The phase diagrams use circled numbers 1-5 to label boundary lines, but the correspondence between these labels and the equations defining them (Eqs. 25-26) is not immediately obvious from the figure caption alone. Adding the explicit expressions for each boundary line in the caption would aid interpretation.
  3. The simulation parameters in Appendix C use a relatively large time step dt = 0.1 with an Euler-Maruyama scheme. Given the stiff boundary forces (k = 10), a brief comment on the convergence or stability of the integration scheme would be reassuring.
  4. Eq. (3): The expression for Φ includes ρ_b (bulk probability density), but the trajectory-based derivations in Eqs. (6-7) also use ρ_b. It would help to clarify whether ρ_b is normalized per unit area or per unit length, and how it relates to the single-particle simulations shown in the figures.
  5. The paper would benefit from a brief discussion of what happens in the presence of boundary roughness or disorder (as opposed to sharp geometric corners), since topological protection in the lattice model of Ref. 25 is robust against a broader class of perturbations.
  6. Movie S9 (experiment): The vibrobot experiment is qualitative. Providing a brief quantitative characterization (e.g., sliding speed, corner-turning success rate) would strengthen the proof-of-principle demonstration.

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We thank the referee for a careful and constructive report. Both major comments are well-taken and will be addressed in revision. On the first comment, we agree that our use of 'topologically protected' should be qualified given that we do not compute a topological invariant for the continuum dcABP dynamics; we will adopt more precise language while noting the complementary band-structure analysis of Kuroda et al. (Ref. 33). On the second comment, we agree that the transient detachment at sharp outside corners should be explicitly acknowledged as a qualification of the no-backscattering claim, and we will update the abstract and conclusion accordingly.

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  1. Referee: The central claim of 'topological protection' rests on an analogy to the discrete lattice model of Ref. 25 (Section III.B, Fig. 3), but no topological invariant (Chern number, winding number, or spectral gap) is computed for the continuum dcABP dynamics. The conditions ωα < 0 and |αv| > |ω| are derived as local dynamical stability conditions for the existence of a sliding fixed point (Eq. 19), not as topological invariants. The paper itself demonstrates this distinction: chiral active rods also have stable sliding modes along straight boundaries (Section II.B, Eq. 11) yet backscatter at corners. The distinction between dcABPs and rods is then shown empirically (simulations show no backscattering for dcABPs vs. backscattering for rods), not derived from a topological argument. The authors should either (a) soften the language from 'topologically protected' to 'corner-robust' or 'analogy-s

    Authors: The referee is correct that our manuscript does not compute a topological invariant (Chern number, winding number, or spectral gap) for the continuum dcABP dynamics, and that the conditions ωα < 0 and |αv| > |ω| are derived as local dynamical stability conditions rather than as topological invariants per se. We acknowledge that the term 'topologically protected' is stronger than what our own analysis rigorously establishes. We also agree that the distinction between dcABPs and chiral active rods is demonstrated empirically through simulation rather than derived from a topological invariant. We will therefore adopt option (a): we will soften the language throughout the manuscript, replacing 'topologically protected' with 'corner-robust' or 'topologically protected (by analogy)' where appropriate, and will add an explicit discussion of this limitation. In particular, we will clarify that our argument rests on: (i) the formal analogy to the discrete lattice model of Ref. 25, where topological protection was rigorously established; (ii) the mathematical correspondence between the conditions for sliding-mode existence in the continuum and the conditions for topological protection in the lattice model; and (iii) the empirical demonstration of no backscattering in simulations. We will also note that the concurrent work of Kuroda et al. (Ref. 33) provides the complementary band-structure analysis that we do not, and will direct readers there for that perspective. The title will be revised to 'Robust Corner-Robust Edge Transport in Doubly Chiral Active Particles' or similar. revision: yes

  2. Referee: Section III.D, Fig. 6: The phase diagram for curved boundaries shows that the range of ω/(αv) for which a sliding mode exists broadens as boundaries become more curved, including 'anomalous' sliding modes with chirality equal to that of bulk orbits. However, the text states that dcABPs 'can turn along arbitrarily sharp inside corners' based on the persistence of the normal sliding mode for 0 > ω/(αv) > -1. For outside corners, the text acknowledges that dcABPs 'briefly leave the boundary but immediately circle back.' This means the no-backscattering claim is qualified: particles do leave the boundary at sharp outside corners. The manuscript should clarify whether this constitutes a violation of topological protection (as operationally defined in Section I) or an acceptable transient, and should explicitly state this limitation in the abstract and conclusion rather than only in Section II

    Authors: The referee correctly identifies that our no-backscattering claim is qualified for sharp outside corners: dcABPs do briefly leave the boundary, completing a segment of a bulk orbit before returning. We agree this should be stated explicitly in the abstract and conclusion, not only in Section III.D. In revision, we will: (1) add a qualifying clause to the abstract noting that the no-backscattering property holds at inside corners without qualification, while at sharp outside corners particles may transiently detach but return without reversing direction; (2) add a corresponding statement to the conclusion; (3) clarify in Section III.D that this transient detachment does not constitute backscattering as operationally defined in Section I (which requires reflection back into the bulk, i.e. reversal of the direction of boundary-following motion), but does represent a limitation of the 'topological protection' claim in the strictest sense. This is consistent with our response to the first comment: since we are softening the topological language, the transient detachment at outside corners becomes a known limitation of the corner-robustness property rather than a contradiction of a topological invariant. revision: yes

Circularity Check

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No significant circularity: the dcABP model and its sliding-mode conditions are derived independently; the lattice-model analogy is motivational, not load-bearing for the mathematical results.

full rationale

The paper's central mathematical results — the sliding-mode existence conditions ωα < 0 and |αv| > |ω| (Eq. 19), the sliding speed (Eq. 20), the curved-boundary fixed points (Eq. 24), and the interparticle spinning modes (Eq. 31) — are all derived directly from the deterministic dynamics (Eqs. 12-13) via standard fixed-point analysis. No step in this derivation reduces to its inputs by construction. The conditions emerge from requiring sin θ* to be real and bounded, which is a genuine mathematical consequence of the equations of motion, not a fitted or self-definitional result. The mechanical model (Appendix B, Eq. 33) derives the friction tensor from first principles (force balance on a body with distributed friction), and the reduction to the dcABP model (Eqs. 36-37) is a transparent limit (Γ ≪ 1) that does not assume the target result. The analogy to the lattice model of Tang, Agudo-Canalejo, and Golestanian (Ref. 25, co-authored by one of the present authors) is used only as motivation for constructing the dcABP model and as a qualitative confirmation that the derived conditions 'carry over' (Section III.B). The paper explicitly states this is an analogy ('Analogy to the discrete model suggests...'), not a derivation of a topological invariant. The no-backscattering claim is supported by stochastic simulations (Fig. 4, Movies S3-S4) and a vibrobot experiment (Fig. 7), which are independent tests rather than circular restatements. The self-citation to Ref. 25 is not load-bearing for any mathematical step: the fixed-point analysis stands on its own, and the conditions are derived from the continuum dynamics, not imported from the lattice model. The paper acknowledges (Section V) that no topological invariant is computed for the continuum system and points to Ref. 33 for band-structure analysis. This is a correctness/completeness concern, not circularity. The one minor self-citation (Ref. 25) provides motivational context but does not constitute a circular derivation chain.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

6 free parameters · 5 axioms · 1 invented entities

The dcABP model has two physically motivated parameters (ω, α) that are swept as control parameters, not fitted. The mechanical model introduces Γ, which is assumed small. The key ad-hoc axiom is that the lattice-to-continuum analogy constitutes topological protection without a computed invariant. No invented physical entities (particles, forces, dimensions) are introduced beyond the model itself, which has independent experimental support.

free parameters (6)
  • v (self-propulsion speed) = 1 (dimensionless, simulation units)
    Standard ABP parameter; set to 1 in simulations. Not fitted to data.
  • ω (intrinsic angular velocity) = varies by figure (e.g., -1 in Fig. 4, χ in Fig. 5)
    Standard cABP parameter; swept as control parameter. Not fitted to data.
  • α (translation-rotation coupling) = varies by figure (e.g., 2 in Fig. 4, 1-χ in Fig. 5)
    New parameter introduced by this paper; swept as control parameter. Not fitted to data.
  • D_r (rotational diffusion) = 0.1 (most simulations), 0.01 (movies)
    Standard ABP parameter; set to fixed values. Not fitted to data.
  • k (boundary spring constant) = 10
    Simulation parameter for harmonic repulsion. Not fitted to data.
  • Γ (dimensionless coupling strength in mechanical model) = assumed ≪ 1
    Arises from friction tensor; assumed small for reduction to dcABP model. Not independently measured.
axioms (5)
  • domain assumption Overdamped dynamics: inertial relaxation time τ is negligible compared to other timescales.
    Invoked throughout Eqs. (1-2), (12-13). Standard in active Brownian particle literature. Section II.A.2 briefly discusses underdamped case.
  • ad hoc to paper The analogy between discrete lattice topological models (Ref. 25) and continuum dcABP dynamics implies topological protection in the continuum model.
    Section III.B and Fig. 3: the conditions ωα < 0 and |αv| > |ω| are mapped to the lattice model conditions γ_ex > γ_in and opposite chirality. No topological invariant is computed for the continuum model.
  • domain assumption Boundary forces are continuous and monotonically decreasing (hard-wall or harmonic repulsion).
    Section III.B: assumed for fixed-point analysis. Standard in active matter simulations.
  • standard math The friction tensor is positive definite (Δ = ξξ_r - ξ²a² > 0).
    Appendix B, Eq. (35): required for invertibility. Standard result from linear algebra.
  • domain assumption Thermodynamically consistent noise can be added via the fluctuation-dissipation theorem applied to the friction tensor.
    Section IV.A: mentioned but not pursued. The stochastic simulations use additive rotational noise (Eq. 13) rather than noise derived from the full friction tensor.
invented entities (1)
  • Doubly chiral active Brownian particle (dcABP) independent evidence
    purpose: A new class of active particle with two competing sources of chirality (intrinsic rotation and translation-rotation coupling).
    The dcABP is a model, not a physical entity. Its dynamics are defined by Eqs. (12-13). Independent evidence includes: (1) analytical derivation of sliding modes; (2) stochastic simulations showing no backscattering; (3) a mechanical model showing how the coupling arises from asymmetric friction; (4) a vibrobot experiment demonstrating the predicted behavior. A concurrent preprint (Ref. 33) independently arrives at the same dynamics.

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Using theory, simulation, and experiment, we introduce a new class of active particle which we term doubly chiral active Brownian particles (dcABPs), which show robust topologically protected transport along boundaries without backscattering at corners. Their double chirality stems from the coexistence of an intrinsic angular velocity, which can cause rotation independently of translation, and a translation-rotation coupling inducing cross-alignment to the instantaneous velocity, which causes rotation only concomitantly with translation. A mechanically detailed model shows that the latter effect can arise from an asymmetric friction distribution in the direction perpendicular to the self-propulsion direction. We show that topologically protected modes emerge when the two sources of chirality have opposite sign and the intrinsic rotation is weaker than the translation-rotation coupling. In the deterministic limit, we characterize the emergence of these modes not only along straight boundaries, but also along curved boundaries and during interparticle interactions. We provide a proof-of-principle experimental realization by building a doubly chiral vibrobot. While setting the work into context, we moreover show that the topologically protected boundary-induced transport of dcABPs stands in contrast to the edge currents observed for simple chiral ABPs, which we demonstrate are not associated with boundary-induced transport, as well as to those observed for chiral active rods or self-aligning chiral ABPs, which we show to be associated with boundary-induced transport but to backscatter at corners, implying lack of topological protection.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2607.06193 by Jaime Agudo-Canalejo, Maxim Nikolaev, Tristan Edwards.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: FIG. 1. Absence of edge transport in cABPs. Schematics of the (a) channel and (e) circular arena geometries. (b,f) Steady [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: FIG. 2. Backscattering of chiral active rods or self-aligning cABPs. (a) Steady state probability density (blue) and vertical [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p005_2.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 3. Figure 3: FIG. 3. (a) Discrete lattice stochastic model introduced in Ref. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p006_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: FIG. 4. Robust topologically protected edge currents in dcABPs. (a) Steady state probability density (blue) and vertical [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_4.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 5. Figure 5: FIG. 5. Integrated current Φ obtained in stochastic simu [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_5.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: FIG. 6. Sliding modes along curved boundaries. (a) Phase diagram for the existence and properties of a deterministic sliding [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p009_6.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 7. Figure 7: FIG. 7. Experimental realization of a doubly chiral vibrobot. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p011_7.png] view at source ↗

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