{
  "id": "2304.06023",
  "version": "v1",
  "published": "2023-04-12T17:58:14.000Z",
  "updated": "2023-04-12T17:58:14.000Z",
  "title": "Shortcut engineering of active matter: run-and-tumble particles",
  "authors": [
    "Adam G. Frim",
    "Michael R. DeWeese"
  ],
  "comment": "8+4 pages, 3 figures",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.stat-mech",
    "cond-mat.soft"
  ],
  "abstract": "Shortcut engineering consists of a class of approaches to rapidly manipulate physical systems by means of specially designed external controls. In this Letter, we apply these approaches to run-and-tumble particles, which are designed to mimic the chemotactic behavior of bacteria and therefore exhibit complex dynamics due to their self-propulsion and random reorientation, making them difficult to control. Following a recent successful application to active Brownian particles, we find a general solution for the rapid control of 1D run-and-tumble particles in a harmonic potential. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach using numerical simulations and show that it can lead to a significant speedup compared to simple quenched protocols. Our results extend shortcut engineering to a wider class of active systems and demonstrate that it is a promising tool for controlling the dynamics of active matter, which has implications for a wide range of applications in fields such as materials science and biophysics.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v1",
      "updated": "2023-04-12T17:58:14.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "keywords": [
      "run-and-tumble particles",
      "active matter",
      "results extend shortcut",
      "general solution",
      "specially designed external controls"
    ],
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 4,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable"
    }
  }
}