Active Brownian Particles — Swim Pressure & MIPS

Active Brownian particles (ABPs) self-propel with speed v₀ along orientation θ, which rotates by noise D_r. Motility-Induced Phase Separation (MIPS): fast particles accumulate in clusters because they slow down in dense regions (steric interactions). Swim pressure Π_swim = ρv₀²τ_r/2 drives phase separation without equilibrium analogue.

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