starling murmuration
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There is an idealist named Hugo Bergman who cited events as a collaboration between plants and animals, or Jung's synchronicity as possible evidence for idealism
"And a mute thought sails,
like a swift cloud on high.
Were I to ask, here below,
Amongst the gates of desolation:
Where goes
this captive of the heavens?
There is no one who can reveal to me the book,
or explain to me the chapters."
like a swift cloud on high.
Were I to ask, here below,
Amongst the gates of desolation:
Where goes
this captive of the heavens?
There is no one who can reveal to me the book,
or explain to me the chapters."
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Decentralized, diverse ant colony behavior is more impressive.
Re: starling murmuration
Than what?Brad Walker wrote: ↑Sat Mar 06, 2021 10:05 pm Decentralized, diverse ant colony behavior is more impressive.
"I don't understand." /Unknown
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David Copperfield.
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This is dated 1 March 2021:
Researchers announce a new state of matter: swirlons
Starling flocks, schools of fish, and clouds of insects all agree.
"We were completely baffled," says Brilliantov, "to witness how these quasi-particles swirl within active matter, behaving like individual super-particles with surprising properties including not moving with acceleration when force is applied, and coalescing upon collision to form swirlons of a larger mass."
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/swirlons
Swirlonic state of active matter
Nikolai V. Brilliantov, Hajar Abutuqayqah, Ivan Yu Tyukin & Sergey A. Matveev
Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 16783 (2020) Cite this article
Abstract
We report a novel state of active matter—a swirlonic state. It is comprised of swirlons, formed by groups of active particles orbiting their common center of mass. These quasi-particles demonstrate a surprising behavior: In response to an external load they move with a constant velocity proportional to the applied force, just as objects in viscous media. The swirlons attract each other and coalesce forming a larger, joint swirlon. The coalescence is extremely slow, decelerating process, resulting in a rarified state of immobile quasi-particles. In addition to the swirlonic state, we observe gaseous, liquid and solid states, depending on the inter-particle and self-driving forces. Interestingly, in contrast to molecular systems, liquid and gaseous states of active matter do not coexist. We explain this unusual phenomenon by the lack of fast particles in active matter. We perform extensive numerical simulations and theoretical analysis. The predictions of the theory agree qualitatively and quantitatively with the simulation results.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73824-4
Researchers announce a new state of matter: swirlons
Starling flocks, schools of fish, and clouds of insects all agree.
- Scientists discover that active particles take a pass on Newton's Second Law.
- Active particles exist in a "swirlonic" state of matter.
- Swirlonic behavior explains some of the more dazzling natural phenomena such as starling swarms and shape-shifting schools of fish.
"We were completely baffled," says Brilliantov, "to witness how these quasi-particles swirl within active matter, behaving like individual super-particles with surprising properties including not moving with acceleration when force is applied, and coalescing upon collision to form swirlons of a larger mass."
https://bigthink.com/surprising-science/swirlons
Swirlonic state of active matter
Nikolai V. Brilliantov, Hajar Abutuqayqah, Ivan Yu Tyukin & Sergey A. Matveev
Scientific Reports volume 10, Article number: 16783 (2020) Cite this article
Abstract
We report a novel state of active matter—a swirlonic state. It is comprised of swirlons, formed by groups of active particles orbiting their common center of mass. These quasi-particles demonstrate a surprising behavior: In response to an external load they move with a constant velocity proportional to the applied force, just as objects in viscous media. The swirlons attract each other and coalesce forming a larger, joint swirlon. The coalescence is extremely slow, decelerating process, resulting in a rarified state of immobile quasi-particles. In addition to the swirlonic state, we observe gaseous, liquid and solid states, depending on the inter-particle and self-driving forces. Interestingly, in contrast to molecular systems, liquid and gaseous states of active matter do not coexist. We explain this unusual phenomenon by the lack of fast particles in active matter. We perform extensive numerical simulations and theoretical analysis. The predictions of the theory agree qualitatively and quantitatively with the simulation results.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-73824-4
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Re: starling murmuration
Hmmm ... swirlons? ... is there no end to the QM rabbit hole? Somehow not surprising that someone named Brilliantov is involved
Here out of instinct or grace we seek
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.
soulmates in these galleries of hieroglyph and glass,
where mutual longings and sufferings of love
are laid bare in transfigured exhibition of our hearts,
we who crave deep secrets and mysteries,
as elusive as the avatars of our dreams.