A strange similarity between flocking birds and ferromagnetic order in particles (IMAGE)

School of Science, The University of Tokyo

A strange similarity between flocking birds and ferromagnetic order in particles

Caption

Schematic picture of activity-induced ferromagnetism in quantum active matter. Here, moving atoms with spins exhibits the ferromagnetic order (i.e., aligning in one direction) like a flock of birds depicted above

Credit

Takasan et al 2024

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