Active Brownian Particles — MIPS

Motility-Induced Phase Separation: dense/dilute coexistence from purely repulsive active particles

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Active Brownian Particles self-propel with speed v₀ and reorient via rotational diffusion D_r. At high Péclet number Pe = v₀/(σD_r) and sufficient density, particles spontaneously segregate into a dense cluster (liquid-like) and a dilute gas — MIPS. No attractive forces needed.